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The low pressure cylinder and piston from the RMS Athens

Cape Town, South Africa

RMS Athens Shipwreck

The engine block of a British Royal Mail Ship marks the spot of her demise, caused by the Great Gale of 1856.

Time Ball Tower

Cape Town, South Africa

Time Ball Tower

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

Beach Hut Whale Bones

Cape Town, South Africa

Beach Hut Whale Bones

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.

Scratch Patch

Cape Town, South Africa

Scratch Patch

An artificial cave littered with semi-precious stones waiting to be picked up.

Seal Island

Cape Town, South Africa

Seal Island

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

(Flickr/Ethelred the Unusual)

Charmouth, England

Charmouth Beach

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The house that moved in Exeter. (spi/Flickr)

Exeter, England

House That Moved

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

The sign of the village of Westward Ho!, 2007.

Westward Ho!, England

Westward Ho!

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

The Mermaid Chair in St. Senara's Church

Zennor, England

Mermaid Chair

This wooden chair dates possibly back to the 15th century, and commemorates a local legend.

Knill's Steeple

Carbis Bay, England

Knill's Steeple

A quirky mausoleum celebrated once every five years with young dancing girls, widows, a tax man, and more.

St Cleer Holy Well

St Cleer, England

St Cleer Holy Well

Where water once promised healing.

Tinside Lido

Plymouth, England

Tinside Lido

A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.

Napoleon Stone

Plymouth, England

Napoleon Commemorative Stone

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

The Leviathan

Plymouth, England

The Leviathan

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

Jack Leslie Statue

Plymouth, England

Jack Leslie Statue

A statue of a pioneering Black footballer outside his former home stadium.

Wistman's Wood

Yelverton, England

Wistman’s Wood

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

Postbridge Clapper Bridge

Postbridge, England

Postbridge Clapper Bridge

This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.

Roads converge at Jay's Grave (Geograph)

Newton Abbot, England

Jay's Grave

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

The clock face.

Newton Abbot, England

'My Dear Mother' Clock

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

Burgh Island, the hotel, and the sea tractor.

Kingsbridge, England

Burgh Island

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Abandoned village of Hallsands.

Hallsands, England

Ruins of Hallsands

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

Exercise Tiger Memorial

Torcross, England

Exercise Tiger Memorial

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

Wishing well.

Kingswear, England

Kingswear Wishing Well

Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.

Ben Lomond and Loch Lomond as seen from the grounds of Ross Priory. (Margaret MacGillivray/Atlas Obscura)

Alexandria, Scotland

Loch Lomond

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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