Durham, England
Café on the Green
Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.
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Durham, England
Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.
Sheffield, England
One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.
Sheffield, England
A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Sheffield, England
The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Sheffield, England
This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Sheffield, England
The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.
Wentworth, England
The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.
Brampton Bierlow, England
A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Wentworth, England
This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.
Rotherham, England
An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.
Whiston, England
In England, a barn-turned-wedding venue dates back to the 13th century.
Rotherham, England
This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.