Topped by a distinctive beehive dome, it’s been called by architectural historians and locals, “Brooklyn's Sacré-Cœur.”

It's a fantastical local history museum with real stories -- including the first, and longest operating, traffic signal.

The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

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.

A Victorian-era British railway viaduct has been transformed into an elevated garden.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

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

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

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

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

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