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Alfred Denny Museum

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

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Toad's Mouth

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

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Lodge Moor POW Camp Ruins

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

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Paternoster Lift at the Arts Tower

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

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Sheffield General Cemetery

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

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Cobweb Bridge

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

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Water Sculptures of Sheaf Square

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

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Women of Steel

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

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Henderson's Relish

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Henderson's Relish

Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.

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London Science Weekend: Medicine and Science in the Press

Join New York Times Journeys and Atlas Obscura for three days of scientific learning, special access and exploration in London. Accompanied by Times journalists and scientific experts, meet people contributing to the history of medicine and scientific journalism. This two-track program includes panels, exclusive visits and access to some of the best scientific minds available to concentrate on science reporting or medical history.

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