One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

The largest timber structure in Europe.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

A Brutalist monument in the middle of a housing estate by artist Victor Pasmore.

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.