This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

These ruins are a monument to the region's industrial heritage, and the site of England's worst mining tragedy.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

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

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

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

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

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

On moonless nights, it's said that you can still hear the church bell of a village that was swept out of the dunes and lost to the rising sea.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.