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

One of the first canal boat-lift inclines ever created.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

This unique style of bridge is the last of its kind and runs over the straightest canal in Britain.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

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

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

The Last Home of an Executed King.