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Follies and strange buildings, curious tales and unusual people. A comprehensive illustrated guide to all that is most remarkable or curious in North and East Yorkshire. Where are the ‘Virgin Viaduct’ and ‘Beggar’s Bridge’? Who weighed 29 stone and who died aged 169? Where did pigs make their home in a Greek temple? What inspired Dracula and what is the Penny Hedge? Where are Yorkshir’s oldest maltings and finest windmill? More than 80 extraordinary places to visit; instructions on how to find each ‘curiosity’; map and photographs; other places of local interest.