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Leeds, England

Central Station Wagon Hoist

This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.
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Leeds, England

'The Boules Player'

This sculpture celebrates a boules tournament and the link between Leeds and its twin city Lille.
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Leeds, England

The Black Prince

This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.
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Leeds, England

Equus Altus

The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.
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Leeds, England

'Cornucopia'

Winner of the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment.
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Leeds, England

'Out of the Earth'

Since 1995, two red-painted metal figures have guarded the entrance to the Northern Ballet.
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Leeds, England

Horned Helmet of Henry VIII

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
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Leeds, England

Royal Armouries Museum

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

National Monument of Scotland

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."
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Salford, England

Irwell Sculpture Trail

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.
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Chester, England

Roodee Cross

A medieval emblem located in the middle of a racetrack.
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Liverpool, England

Tate and Lyle Sugar Silo

This abandoned concrete building was once hailed as an innovative architectural marvel, originally built to store sugar.
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Liverpool, England

Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.
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Lancashire, England

Pennine Tower

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.
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Manchester, England

The Shakespeare

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.
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Manchester, England

Ice Age Andesite Boulder

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.
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Manchester, England

Manchester Museum

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
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Manchester, England

Tree of Remembrance

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.
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London, England

The Fortnum & Mason Clock

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
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London, England

Floris Perfumery

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.
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London, England

The Molehill on The Equestrian Statue of William III

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.
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London, England

The Duke of Wellington’s Mounting Stone

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
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London, England

Long John Silver Figurehead Collection

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
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York, England

Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow

A shrine to one of England's female saints in what is believed to be her former home.
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