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Dunald Mill Quarry

Nether Kellet, England

Dunald Mill Limestone Quarry

This abandoned limestone quarry now provides visitors with multiple, breathtaking viewpoints.

Hoober Stand.

Wentworth, England

Hoober Stand

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

Steel Men Of Wearside.

Monkwearmouth, England

Steel Men Of Wearside

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

The 15th C. north door with scorch marks, some say left by the Devil's hand, Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh.

Blythburgh, England

The Devil's Fingerprints

A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.

Rear yard with working water pump

Southwell, England

The Workhouse

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

The Frog Clock

Telford, England

The Frog Clock

This whimsical, unique clock has been entertaining shoppers for well over 20 years.

James Sadler Plaque

Oxford, England

James Sadler Plaque

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

The Sun Setting Over Southport Pier

Southport, England

Southport Pier

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

Singapore in use, pulling a passenger train.

Rutland, England

The Singapore

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

Chester Town Hall.

Chester, England

Chester Town Hall Clock Tower

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

Old Harkilees in Braintree Museum.

Essex, England

Old Harkilees

This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.

Russell-Cotes Museum

Bournemouth, England

Russell-Cotes Museum

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

Lollipop Be-Bop.

Bristol, England

Lollipop Be-Bop

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

Boat on the aqueduct

Warwickshire, England

Edstone Aqueduct

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

Starcross Engine House & Brunel’s Atmospheric Railway

Starcross, England

Starcross Engine House & Brunel’s Atmospheric Railway

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

The gyrus in front and a granary to the rear.

Baginton, England

Lunt Roman Fort

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

Enchanted Chairs

Sheffield, England

Enchanted Chairs

A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.

The Crescent

Buxton, England

The Crescent

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

Penguins of Berwick

Berwick-upon-Tweed, England

Penguins of Berwick

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.

Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda

Willen, England

Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.

Street sign and plaque.

Nottingham, England

Standard Hill

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

The Manor in Hemingford Grey

Hemingford Grey, England

The Manor in Hemingford Grey

This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.

Peasholm Park's Naval Battles

Scarborough, England

Peasholm Park's Naval Battles

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

Shell in the house.

Whitby, England

Bombardment Garden

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

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