Leicester

Highlights are the Egyptian mummies and artifacts brought back to the Midlands by Thomas Cook,. — Frommer's

The Leicestershire Museum of Social History is located in two 16C houses. — Michelin Guide

Geoffrey Chaucer was married here in 1336. — Lonely Planet

Scattered around the Newarke Houses Museum are the ruins of Leicester's medieval castle, where Richard III spent his final days...the monumental gateway known as the Magazine was once a storehouse — Lonely Planet