This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

This commercial and retail center was crafted from walled military barracks.

Located behind the Riverside Pub is a nautical fantasy from one of the area's renowned street artists.

Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

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

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

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

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

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

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

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

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

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.

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

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

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.