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Durham, England

Finchale Priory

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Blackfriars Friary

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
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Beamish, England

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Added by hambaisha
Gateshead, England

The Angel of the North

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
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Sunderland, England

National Glass Centre

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.
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Houghton le Spring, England

Penshaw Monument

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
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Seaham, England

Seaham Hall Beach

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.
Added by Kate W
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.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Seaham, England

'Eleven 'O' One'

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."
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Peterlee, England

Apollo Pavilion

A Brutalist monument in the middle of a housing estate by artist Victor Pasmore.
Added by peterjduggan
Darlington, England

Brick Train

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

HMS Trincomalee

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
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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.
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Middlesbrough, England

'Temenos'

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Middlesbrough, England

Tees Transporter Bridge

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