The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

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

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

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

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

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

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

This medieval church is not only notable for its architecture, but also its connection with LGBTQ+ history.

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

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

You don't have to be a professional jockey to ride in Britain's oldest horse race.

This quirky shop on a former farm is full of weird and wonderful oddities and antiques.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

This moss-covered boulder is said to be part of a diabolical plant to sabotage the Durham Cathedral's foundation.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

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