Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Thomas Bewick Bust
This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Beamish, England
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Barnard Castle, England
This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Barnard Castle, England
This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.
Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
County Durham, England
A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.
Copley, England
This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.
Greta Bridge, England
This impressive mural adorns the wall of this 17th-century hotel and honors the literary icon.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Middlesbrough, England
This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage
Middlesbrough, England
Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.
West Auckland, England
This memorial depicts the unlikely team that won England the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy.
Piercebridge, England
This bridge once allowed Dere Street to cross the River Tees.
Darlington, England
A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.
Darlington, England
A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.
Darlington, England
The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.