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Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

This landmark overlooking Ramsbottom pays homage to Sir Robert Peel, repealer of the Corn Laws.

The second smallest castle keep in England.

This historic former textile mill now houses a brewery, hotel, and what's believed to be the longest bar in the United Kingdom.

A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

A fantastic example of Victorian railway engineering with two unusual decorative features.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.