Newcastle's strangest piece of public sculpture: a grotesque, fanged, vaguely rabbit-like creature carved above the back door of Cathedral Buildings on Dean Street, directly behind St Nicholas Cathedral. It dates from the 1890s and has been periodically repainted black with red claws and white teeth, which only sharpens the mystery.
Easy to walk past. The carving is two storeys up; look back over your shoulder as you head down Dean Street from the cathedral square. The whole detour takes less than a minute and is exactly the kind of quirk a city walk needs.