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Unusual Attractions in Halifax

Halifax, England

Wainhouse Tower

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

Halifax, England

Warley Museum

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

Halifax, England

Piece Hall

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

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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Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.

6 miles from Halifax

Ripponden, England

Stott Hall Farm

The house in the middle of the motorway.

7 miles from Halifax

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.

7 miles from Halifax

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