An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

Graham Ibbesons's moving tribute to the victims of England's worst mining disaster.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

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

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

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

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

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

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

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

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.