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Blakesley Hall

Birmingham, England

Blakesley Hall

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

The Crooked House in 2023, a few months before the fire and demolition.

Dudley, England

The Crooked House

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

Tree and shrub growth has softened the crater but it's scale is still apparent

Burton-on-Trent, England

The Hanbury Crater

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

Named after Ozzy Osbourne.

Birmingham, England

Ozzy the Bull

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

Birmingham Library

Birmingham, England

Library of Birmingham

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

Sentinel.

Birmingham, England

'Sentinel'

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

Shot at Dawn Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum

Alrewas, England

'Shot at Dawn' at the National Memorial Arboretum

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

Bevin Boys Memorial.

Burton-on-Trent, England

Bevin Boys Memorial

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Cannock, England

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.

Retaining wall on WWII firing range

Staffordshire, England

Cannock Chase Military Training Grounds

Parts of this former military training ground may have inspired parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series.

St. Chad's Well

Lichfield, England

St. Chad’s Well

This small square basin behind a quiet church was once a popular medieval pilgrimage site.

The mark here is across the left cheek and the brow.

Lichfield, England

Damaged Faces of Lichfield Cathedral

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

The rear of the house with Darwin's figure looking out of the upper right window.

Lichfield, England

Erasmus Darwin House

The house where Charles Darwin's grandfather formed many of his influential ideas and inventions.

Commander Edward John Smith Statue

Lichfield, England

Commander Edward John Smith Statue

This controversial memorial to the Titanic's captain stands in a peculiar place.

The stainless steel statue is in the middle of the roundabout, in the middle of Brownhills

Brownhills, England

"Jigger" the Brownhills Miner

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

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