One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

The construction of this bridge dates back to the 15th century.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A small statue shaped like the grill of a Rolls-Royce marks the suburban location where the company’s first automobiles were manufactured.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.