Places 85wombats Wants to Go

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.