This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

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

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

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

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

Dedicated to the legendary comedian Eric Morecambe depicting his iconic "Bring Me Sunshine" stance.

This former lifeboat house now used by a funeral service was the site of a 19th-century boating tragedy.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

A recreation of pop art pioneer Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi's London studio.