This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.

This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.

The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

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

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

A 12-foot-tall metal fisherman looks out over the promenade.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.