Manchester, England
A Monument to Vimto
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
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Manchester, England
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Leicester, England
The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.
Liverpool, England
Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.
Stilton, England
Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.
Reading, England
This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
Cambridge, England
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
Stockport, England
Great Britain's only hat-making museum.
Bath, England
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
East Molesey, England
Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.
Bedford, England
A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.
Bletchley, England
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
London, England
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Flanders, New York
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Queens, New York
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
Kerhonkson, New York
"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
La Quinta, California
A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.
Huntington Beach, California
This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.