Arlington, Virginia
Clarendon War Memorial
Situated in a bustling intersection, this "mobile" monument that honors local veterans from five different wars has moved several times but appears to have found its final resting place.
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Arlington, Virginia
Situated in a bustling intersection, this "mobile" monument that honors local veterans from five different wars has moved several times but appears to have found its final resting place.
Arlington, Virginia
The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.
Arlington, Virginia
The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.
Arlington, Virginia
Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.
Arlington, Virginia
Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.
Arlington, Virginia
The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Orange Walk, Belize
These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.
Grimsby, England
The second of Grimsby's two towers represents a massive step change in hydraulic engineering in the 19th century.
England
This cave is the burial site of at least seven people and was occupied for over a thousand years.
Warwick, England
Rare survivals of Victorian gardens once used by townsfolk living above their business to escape from the crowded town
Coventry, England
A historic 18th century transportation interchange where arguments about tolls resulted in a very unusual lock.
Bishop Auckland, England
A length of abandoned railway track that was the real starting point of the worlds first steam hauled passenger railway.
England
Northumberland has no natural deposits of chalk amongst its surface geology but The Spechells form an area of chalk grassland created from a waste tip generated from the industrial activity of the area during WW2.
Loughborough, England
The bridge which will eventually overcome the barrier to the unification of two heritage railway lines which both claim the Great Central Railway's illustrious name
Grindleford, England
A reminder of religious intolerance and state sponsored corruption in 16th century Britain
Lincoln, England
Known locally as the church that moved
Holmfirth, England
Outwell, England
An aqueduct which carries a natural river over a large artificial drainage channel is thought to be the aqueduct with the lowest headroom in the country.
Nether Edge, England
A challenge course around 6 of the surviving sewer gas destructor lamps in south and west Sheffield
Keadby, England
This small north Lincolnshire village is blessed with examples of three different types of moveable bridge
Lincoln, England
A 1960s church with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof and an amazing stained glass window
Darwen, England
An example of early 20th century gender segregation
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The route and destination of the coal trains pulled by the famous "Puffing Billy" and its twin, the "Wylam Dilly"