And many of them has brought crowds of people wanting to get a close-up view.
Some were well-planned and organised visits by the Royal family while others were much more impromptu occasions.
Take a look at our selection and see how many you attended.
5. A rare view in Hartlepool
Bird watchers gathered on the Headland in Hartlepool in 2016 to get a glimpse of a red-flanked bluetail bird. Were you among them? | JPIMedia Resell Photo: hm
6. Watching the tall ships
Some of the biggest crowds Hartlepool has ever seen came to town in 2010 for the Hartlepool leg of The Tall Ships Races. Here are spectators watching the parade of sail. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: hm
7. Meeting Princess Anne in 1970
Princess Anne was in town to open the Middleton Grange shopping centre in 1970. Did you turn out to meet her? | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Hartlepool Mail
8. The day the torch arrived
The Olympic torch went on a tour of the UK before the start of the Olympics in 2010. People in both Hartlepool and East Durham got to see it pass through. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: FRANK REID