A fantastic example of Victorian railway engineering with two unusual decorative features.

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

This historic former textile mill now houses a brewery, hotel, and what's believed to be the longest bar in the United Kingdom.

The second smallest castle keep in England.

The ruins of a significant 16th-century building once appeared in a 1969 film.

An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

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

A 12-foot-tall metal fisherman looks out over the promenade.

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

Learn about the history of mining and making salt at this Cheshire museum.

The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."