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This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

The former home of one of the U.K.’s most notable families of suffragettes is now a museum dedicated to women’s rights.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

Outside a paint factory north of Manchester's city center, an inexplicable submarine sticking out of the ground.

This statue includes small details that highlight a city of "firsts."

This giant weaving shuttle celebrates Lancashire's importance during the Industrial Revolution.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.