This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

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

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

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

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

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.