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in Birmingham

Birmingham, England

Curzon Street Station

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

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Birmingham, England

Aston Hall

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

Phil

Birmingham, England

Newman Brothers Coffin Works

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

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Birmingham, England

Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

Phil

Birmingham, England

Blakesley Hall

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

Phil

Birmingham, England

'Sentinel'

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

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Wychbury Obelisk

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Birmingham

Birmingham Balti

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Birmingham Balti

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

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