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Graham Walker

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The ruins of MV Creteblock.

Whitby, England

Wreck of the MV Creteblock

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

Whitby Abbey

Whitby, England

Ruins of Whitby Abbey

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Fortune's Smokehouse.

Whitby, England

Fortune's Smokehouse

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

Coffin bench.

Whitby, England

199 Steps Coffin Benches

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

Bram Stoker Memorial Seat

Whitby, England

Bram Stoker Memorial Seat

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

The mounting block.

Whitby, England

Whitby Horse Mounting Blocks

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

Whitby Wishing Chair.

Whitby, England

Whitby Wishing Chair

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

Saltburn Cliff Lift and Pier

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England

Saltburn Cliff Lift

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The Brick Train of Darlington.

Darlington, England

Brick Train

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

Moses Carpenter Grave.

Middlesbrough, England

Moses Carpenter's Grave

The final resting place of a celebrated First Nations man who traveled through England with a snake oil salesman.

With the Transporter Bridge in the background.

Middlesbrough, England

'Temenos'

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage

Tees Transporter Bridge

Middlesbrough, England

Tees Transporter Bridge

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

The memorial plaque.

Hartlepool, England

Heugh Gun Battery Memorial Tablet

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

Andy Capp statue.

Hartlepool, England

Andy Capp Statue

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

HMS Trincomalee

Hartlepool, England

HMS Trincomalee

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

Hartlepool Monkey Memorial

Hartlepool, England

Hartlepool Monkey Memorial

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Demolition gear and No 7 Settler Tank
Permanently Closed

Hartlepool, England

Steetley Magnesite

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

The Durham Obelisk.

Durham, England

Durham Obelisk

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Some of the buildings which form the Palace Green Library

Durham, England

Palace Green Library

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Cafe on the Green

Durham, England

Café on the Green

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

Tommy.

Seaham, England

'Eleven 'O' One'

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

Vane Tempest sculpture

Seaham, England

Vane Tempest Sculptures

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

Charybdis Fountain

Seaham, England

Charybdis Fountain

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

St. Peter's Church.

Sunderland, England

St. Peter's Church

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

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