This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

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

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.