This statue of an everyday cleaning tool sits proud upon a plinth in Manchester's coolest quarter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

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.

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

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

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

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

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.