Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.

A rare World War II-era siren still survives in the southern suburbs of Manchester.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

This memorial depicts the unlikely team that won England the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy.

Only the headframes remain from this mining operation, once one of the largest in the region.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.