Salford, England
Salford Lads' Club
This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.
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Salford, England
This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.
Manchester, England
Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.
Manchester, England
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.
Manchester, England
Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.
Manchester, England
Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.
Manchester, England
When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.
Manchester, England
This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
London, England
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.
London, England
This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.
London, England
One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Montreal, Québec
This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.
Montreal, Québec
The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.