One of the tallest war memorials in the UK is known locally as Sir Arthur's wristwatch

This 8-foot Anglo-Saxon cross is a rare surviving example of Mercian craftsmanship.

These once housed the families who decided in 1665 to quarantine themselves to save their neighbours.

This cave is the burial site of at least seven people and was occupied for over a thousand years.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

Is this the oldest railway station in the world?

The stationary steam engines here dragged waggons up a steep incline for over 130 years.

A WW2 communications centre for Churchill's secret army

The largest former spa hotel in Matlock allows the public to get a glimpse of its opulent past.

A remnant of the steepest street tramway in the world

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

A late 18th-century jail.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Closing the station left a big hole in the ground. So they put in a shopping centre, a block of apartments and bus station over it and the largest undercover car park Europe in it.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.