The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

A famous pilgrimage site that remains hidden in the midst of a city.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

A reminder of the dinosaur skeleton discovered in a local quarry.

Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

A 17th-century building that once served as the town's courthouse and jail is now a thriving art center.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This abandoned concrete building was once hailed as an innovative architectural marvel, originally built to store sugar.

One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.

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

This bronze statue was dedicated to a 1966 Beatles hit.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.