Traces of a Roman theatre beneath Britain's oldest recorded town

As the Royal Family's jam supplier, this museum displays relics from the two world wars, farm equipment, a four legged chick, and other curiosities.

The unlikely myth that this bridge was designed by Sir Isaac Newton is quite a tribute to its clever design.

The statue of a remarkable woman placed on a historic hillside with an almost forgotten story

This former dry dock is now the home of a sculpture instalation depicting a fleet of tiny stainless steel sailing ships

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

This sculpture made up of 22 bulbous bronze figures reminds locals of massive Weeble Woobles.

Eat fish and chips in a striking Neoclassical building that once hid a public lavatory.

When built, the technology here made Souter the most advanced lighthouse in the world but, nowadays, it is a tourist attraction and a (reputedly) haunted vacation spot

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

Home of the infamous Cauld Lad of Hylton and one of the inspirations behind "Alice" in Sunderland.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

A Munch-inspired sculpture brings the despair of war to life.

A statue dedicated to the story behind the founded of the city.

An unlikely link between a quiet English town and Sydney’s skyline.