Halifax, England
Wainhouse Tower
This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.
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Halifax, England
This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.
Halifax, England
This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
Harrogate, England
Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
Harrogate, England
The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Bingley, England
The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.
Bingley, England
A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.
Baildon, England
This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Bramhope, England
This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.
Rothwell, England
A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
Leeds, England
Winner of the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment.
Leeds, England
The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.
Leeds, England
This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.
Leeds, England
This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.
Leeds, England
This sculpture celebrates a boules tournament and the link between Leeds and its twin city Lille.