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Horses - Stables Market

London, England

Stables Market

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

London, England

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A Nicobar Tree Shrew in the Grant Museum of Zoology

London, England

Grant Museum of Zoology

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Medieval Garden Maze at Cawdor Castle

Nairn, Scotland

Cawdor Castle

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

The view from the stone.

Newtonmore, Scotland

The Geographic Center of Scotland

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

Dunrobin Castle

Golspie, Scotland

Dunrobin Castle

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

A free-ranging reindeer.

Aviemore, Scotland

Cairngorm Reindeer Centre

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

The Dunmore Pineapple House

Dunmore, Scotland

The Dunmore Pineapple House

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

A teeny climber on top of the Old Man of Hoy.

Orkney, Scotland

Old Man of Hoy

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

The Stones of Stenness

Stromness, Scotland

The Stones of Stenness

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

A misty day at Mousa Broch

Sandwick, Scotland

Broch of Mousa

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

Garvald or Yester Tower, UK

Haddington, Scotland

Yester Castle

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

Bridge to Nowhere.

Dunbar, Scotland

Belhaven Bridge

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Tree carving in Balloch.

Alexandria, Scotland

Balloch Park Fairy Trail

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

The Quiraing.

Isle of Skye, Scotland

The Quiraing

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Clootie Well

Munlochy, Scotland

Clootie Well

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The south face of Ben Nevis

Polldubh, Scotland

Ben Nevis

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

Kilt Rock

Isle of Skye, Scotland

Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Skara Brae is on the west coast of Scotland.

Sandwick, Scotland

Skara Brae

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The Black Hole terrace.

Holywood, Scotland

Garden of Cosmic Speculation

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Eilean Donan

Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland

Eilean Donan

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Fairy Glen, as viewed from Castle Ewan.

Isle of Skye, Scotland

Fairy Glen

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Tweeddale Court.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Tweeddale Court

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

The colorful stairs were installed to refresh the formerly seedy staircase.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Scotsman Steps

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

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