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St Pialas Well has a dark history, blurred by the passage of time and immortalised by a nearby pub.

The grave of Karl Eversberg is another grave of a fallen soldier, but Karl's story is one of revenge, defiance in the face of defeat, and the final act of WW1

These enormous concrete blocks played a vital role in one of history's most important days.

Denied an electric train set as a child, a wealthy man built this railroad instead.

The remains of a legendary WWII weapon prototype.

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

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

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

The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.

This little-known wall in Southampton stands as one of the most unique and personal monuments to D-Day.

This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.

Many mysteries surround these objects questioning whether they are cannonballs at all.

Dedicated to the five postal workers who died aboard the doomed ocean liner, this plaque was made from a spare propeller from the Titanic.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

This observation tower is one of two of its kind that still exist in the United Kingdom.

Constructed for defense, this fort oversaw the dress rehearsal for one of the largest invasions in history.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

The wreck of a World War II cargo ship has become an unintentional time capsule at the bottom of the Red Sea.

This vessel is the final ocean-going paddle steamer in the world.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

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

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

One of the country's largest diving schools set in a picturesque nature reserve.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.