Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.

A monument at Alicante Marina honors a little-known hero of the Spanish Civil War.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

This gate served as a small lock-up jail in the 14th century.

This sculpture is an homage to one of the most important Jewish women in medieval England.

This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

One of the oldest Masonic buildings in England, and still in use today.

Unwanted and reluctant ownership, Gordon Lamp glimmers faintly and serves as a relic of the bygone Victorian era.

Believed to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

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

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