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Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.

Visit the birthplace of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, poet and author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'

This former burial ground, built atop discarded ballast from cargo ships, is now a public park.

Thought to be the oldest Norman crypt in the world.

A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors.

Floating on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a contorted canal boat that honors the waterway’s heritage.

This small figurine of a bear tells us a lot about the value of jewels and funerary practices in Roman Britannia.

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.

One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

The oldest standing building on Merseyside is special for its rich history as a Benedictine monastery and its unique connection to the origins of the Mersey Ferry.

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

Alongside its 16th- and 17th-century architecture and interiors, this mansion houses an Ancient Roman ring that some believe may have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien.

A 7th-century church in northeast England built using stones from a nearby Roman fort.

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.

Hidden in plain sight inside this church is a pulpit that was occasionally used by the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’

Explore these Victorian-era tunnels under a bustling train station.

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

There's more to this drinking establishment than meets the eye.