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The only electricity pylon under whose legs you can go by boat.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

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

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.

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

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Climb to the top of this windmill for a scenic panorama and up-close look at wind energy production.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

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

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.