Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

This unusual gravestone was crafted for cricket lover and master bat maker William Oates Sykes.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

This memorial is dedicated to the hundreds of soldiers from Featherstone who died fighting World War I.

A distinctive sculpture honors those killed and injured during a mineworkers strike in 1893.

Local legend holds that if you can make it up this steep cobblestone stairway without taking a breath, you'll have wish come true.

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

Outside a paint factory north of Manchester's city center, an inexplicable submarine sticking out of the ground.

A Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

Despite being 30 miles from the coast, this suburb is home to a lighthouse thanks to a permitting loophole.

One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.

Nicknamed the 'Chestergate Hotel,' the underground tunnel had beds, lights, and even flushing toilets.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.