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Small steam pumping engines on display at the museum.

London, England

The London Museum of Water & Steam

The history of West London’s water supply.

The Western Pylon now stranded between two busy roads.

Brighton, England

Patcham Pylon

This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.

Harley Davidson Monument

Littleport, England

Harley Davidson Monument

An unlikely connection between a little English town and the most famous brand of American motorcycles.

Sluice at night.

Ely, England

Sluice

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

Village sign detail, Witcham.

Witcham, England

World Pea Shooting Championship

The best place to acquire pea shooting fame.

Apples and pears, Spitalfields Market.

London, England

Brick Lane Roundels

Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.

The Taskmaster’s House

London, England

The Taskmaster’s House

A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.

St. Govor's Well.

London, England

St. Govor’s Well

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

Curle’s Passage Riddle

Winchester, England

Curle’s Passage Riddle

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

Market Lane Toilet Mini Museum

Winchester, England

Market Lane Toilet Mini Museum

This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.

LV78 in Ocean Village.

Southampton, England

Calshot Lightship

This bright ship once guided vessels towards the Port of Southampton.

A plaque commemorating the events that unfolded here.

Southampton, England

Canute Chambers Plaque

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.

The memorial just outside the city wall.

Southampton, England

Pilgrim Fathers Memorial

A memorial marking the original departure point for the two ships carrying the early English settlers to the New World.

An aerial view of one of the wrecks

Southampton, England

Mulberry Harbour Wreckage

Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.

View over Windwardside and Mt Scenery on Saba island.

Saba, Caribbean Netherlands

Mount Scenery

The highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is on a remote Caribbean island atop a dormant volcano.

The landing strip on the tiny island of Saba. (Photo:

Saba, Caribbean Netherlands

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

Solomon's Temple

Buxton, England

Solomon's Temple

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

Devonshire Dome , external view.

Buxton, England

The Devonshire Dome

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

the nearby St Ann's well

Buxton, England

The Crescent

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

An Obscure Start

Stockport, England

Where The Mersey Rises

The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.

Site Of Strawberry Studios, Stockport

Stockport, England

Strawberry Studios

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

Stockport Air Disaster Memorial Site

Manchester, England

Stockport Air Disaster Memorial

Remembering the 72 passengers who lost their lives in 1967 airplane wreck.

One of the BHS murals tells the origin story of Stockport.

Stockport, England

The BHS Murals in Stockport

The history of Stockport is rendered In colorful concrete artwork.

Winters Clock

Stockport, England

Winter's Clock

Three mechanical figures—a soldier, a sailor, and Father Time—announce the time on this local landmark.

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