Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

Remembering the 72 passengers who lost their lives in 1967 airplane wreck.

The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

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

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

A modest statue dedicated to Pierre Bayle, a young military drummer who willingly fought and died for his beloved France.

Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.

The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.