Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

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

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

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

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

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

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

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

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

This whimsical public art installation is a unique homage to Liverpool's industrial heritage.

This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.