The most impressive falls in Wensleydale once produced power to weave the uniform of an Italian revolution.

A vintage fire engine is hidden inside this World War I-era water tower.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

A Brutalist monument in the middle of a housing estate by artist Victor Pasmore.

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.

This roundabout, outside an important UK garrison town, used to be the route of an important military railway and it is now commemorated with a magnificent locomotive sculpture

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.

This viaduct looks more like something from a Victorian dream.

This former railway station is now an impressive cultural and retail centre and a magnet for railroad history fans

A statue dedicated to the story behind the founded of the city.

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

Though this bridge was originally built in the 12th century, only one of its 10 arches dates back that far.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

An unlikely link between a quiet English town and Sydney’s skyline.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

A once-beautiful retreat is now a crumbling ruin.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.

A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.