York is a walled city at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city was founded by the Romans as Eboracum in 71 AD. It became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia. In the 19th century, York was a hub of the railway network and a confectionery manufacturing center mostly of chocolate candies.
The York Minster is a cathedral in York and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. (The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title.) [thanks to Wikipedia for all of this info]
York also has the requisite cool old buildings.
And a thing about cats. It is felt they bring good luck so there are cat statues on various buildings around town and even a tourist map called the 'Cat Trail' so you can find them all.
This one is called the Ghost Cat.
There is a very cool clock.
And some unusual bits.
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