Caerleon, Wales
Caerleon Amphitheatre
This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.
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Caerleon, Wales
This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Kingussie, Scotland
These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
London, England
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
Liddel, Scotland
This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Scotland
Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Aviemore, Scotland
Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
London, England
You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Ayr, Scotland
This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.