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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.

Gassie boat.

Portslade, England

Portslade ‘Gassie’

This desolate boat was once a key form of public transportation for Portslade residents.

Armada Beacon

Hove, England

Armada Beacon

This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

Everest's grave is fourth from the left.

Hove, England

Everest's Grave

An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.

The Goldstone today

Hove, England

The Goldstone

This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.

'Fingermaze'

Hove, England

'Fingermaze'

This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.

Madeira Lift

Brighton, England

Madeira Lift

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The coat hook is said to be one of the questions for the London cab driver test known as "The Knowledge."

London, England

Metropolitan Police Coat Hook

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The memorial

Lincoln, England

Lincoln Tank Memorial

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

Mounting Block.

York, England

York Tyburn

After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

Greensted Church

Ongar, England

Greensted Church

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

Windy Hill transmitter

Ripponden, England

Windy Hill

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

Weaving Shuttle Sculpture

Nelson, England

Weaving Shuttle Sculpture

This giant weaving shuttle celebrates Lancashire's importance during the Industrial Revolution.

Oaks Hotel Stained Glass Window

Burnley, England

Oaks Hotel Stained Glass Window

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

The Bronze Relief illustrating the famous wager.

Maldon, England

The Bronze Relief of Edward Bright

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.

Tombland Alley and the back of the Augustine Steward House.

Norwich, England

Tombland Alley

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

Fye Bridge

Norwich, England

Fye Bridge

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

Sentinel.

Birmingham, England

'Sentinel'

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

Redbournbury Watermill and Bakery

Hertfordshire, England

Redbournbury Watermill and Bakery

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

Barnet Physic Well

London, England

Barnet Physic Well

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

Barnet Museum

London, England

Barnet Museum

At this small museum, visitors can view artifacts from the only battlefield in London during the War of the Roses.

Memorial to Emily Wilding Davison.

Epsom, England

Emily Wilding Davison Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to the legendary suffragette, who stepped in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby.

Hanging coffin of Pinner

London, England

Floating Coffin of Pinner

One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

Winchester Round Table in the Great Hall, Dendrochronology dating has placed it at 1275.

Winchester, England

Winchester Round Table

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

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