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Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

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

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

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

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

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.