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

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

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

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

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

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.

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

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

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

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

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

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.