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Central Station Wagon Hoist

Leeds, England

Central Station Wagon Hoist

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

Automatons clock at Thornton’s Arcade

Leeds, England

The Ivanhoe Clock

Since 1877, the characters of Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” have been keeping time in this Leeds arcade.

The horned helmet.

Leeds, England

Horned Helmet of Henry VIII

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

A stairwell display.

Leeds, England

Royal Armouries Museum

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

Headboard to Heathcliffe's bed

Birstall, England

Oakwell Hall

A museum in the form of Elizabethan house dressed as its 17th century iteration was used as sets for the 2009 Wuthering Heights TV series and as the home of the leader of the Gupowder Plot.

Wool combing, carding and drawing machines

Bradford, England

Bradford Industrial Museum

A remarkable collection of the machines which this industrial city was dependent upon for both commerce and domestic life.

Top Withens

England

Top Withens

A ruined farmhouse that inspired an (inaccurate) illustration for Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights.”

The marker.

John o' Groats, Scotland

John o' Groats Marker

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

View of The Great South Wall from Dublin Bay.

Dublin, Ireland

The Great South Wall

The Dublin sea wall draws walkers, photographers, and fishing enthusiasts.

Miniature Underwater Scene Hidden in the Cobbles

Dublin, Ireland

'Freeflow'

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

 Samuel Beckett Bridge.

Dublin, Ireland

Samuel Beckett Bridge

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Hyde Park Picture House

Leeds, England

Hyde Park Picture House

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

The Black Prince

Leeds, England

The Black Prince

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

Equus Altus

Leeds, England

Equus Altus

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

Featherstone War Horse

Streethouse, England

Featherstone War Horse

This memorial is dedicated to the hundreds of soldiers from Featherstone who died fighting World War I.

The stunning arc of the gravestones is best appreciated from the platform

Cambridge, England

Madingley American Cemetery

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

The Spirit of Enterprise

Haverhill, England

The Spirit of Enterprise

A large piece of modern art makes this roundabout the only one in the world with its own laser.

Brontë Parsonage Museum

Haworth, England

Brontë Parsonage Museum

Some of the most enduring novels in English literature were written within the walls of this Georgian-era building.

Undercliffe Cemetery.

Bradford, England

Undercliffe Cemetery

A Victorian-era cemetery serves as a window into the city of Bradford’s past.

Shibden Hall.

Halifax, England

Shibden Hall

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

Dunnottar on the cliff looking out on the North Sea

Stonehaven, Scotland

Dunnottar Castle

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Tay Bridge Memorial

Dundee, Scotland

Tay Bridge Memorial

Dedicated to one of the nation's worst engineering disasters.

The stone PH marking where Patrick Hamilton burnt at the stake.

Saint Andrews, Scotland

Saint Salvator's Unlucky PH

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

The more intact boat sheds.

Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England

Holy Island Boat Sheds

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

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