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Halifax, England

Warley Museum

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.

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The Halifax gibbet

Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

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Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Piece Hall.

Halifax, England

Piece Hall

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

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Added by Dr Alan P Newman

The elaborate top of the tower.

Halifax, England

Wainhouse Tower

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

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Added by Dr Alan P Newman

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Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.

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Added by michelle

6 MILEs FROM Halifax

Frances Griffiths with Fairies

Bingley, England

Cottingley Beck

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

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Added by AaronNetsky

7 MILEs FROM Halifax

Stoodley Pike Monument

Todmorden, England

Stoodley Pike Monument

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

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Added by YorkshireNed

7 MILEs FROM Halifax

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