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.
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Cape Town, South Africa
The engine block of a British Royal Mail Ship marks the spot of her demise, caused by the Great Gale of 1856.
Cape Town, South Africa
A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.
Cape Town, South Africa
This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.
Cape Town, South Africa
An artificial cave littered with semi-precious stones waiting to be picked up.
Cape Town, South Africa
Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Exeter, England
Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
Westward Ho!, England
How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
Zennor, England
This wooden chair dates possibly back to the 15th century, and commemorates a local legend.
Carbis Bay, England
A quirky mausoleum celebrated once every five years with young dancing girls, widows, a tax man, and more.
St Cleer, England
Where water once promised healing.
Plymouth, England
A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.
Plymouth, England
These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.
Plymouth, England
Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
Plymouth, England
A statue of a pioneering Black footballer outside his former home stadium.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Postbridge, England
This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.
Newton Abbot, England
This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.
Newton Abbot, England
Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Torcross, England
A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.
Kingswear, England
Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.