The Atlas Obscura Guide To

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Discover 2 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in West Yorkshire, England

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St Aidan's Walking Dragline

West Yorkshire, England

St. Aidan's BE1150 Dragline

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

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West Yorkshire, England

Huddersfield Sailing Club Race Control Tower

Collapsed television tower finds new life as a control tower for boat races.

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Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.

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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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Piece Hall.

Halifax, England

Piece Hall

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

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Lawnswood Cemetery.

Lawnswood Cemetery

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

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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.

53.7238, -1.8673

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7 MILEs FROM West Yorkshire

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