Elgin, Scotland
Dandy Lion
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
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Elgin, Scotland
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
Elgin, Scotland
Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.
Nairn, Scotland
One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.
Nairn, Scotland
The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.
Inverness, Scotland
This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.
Wick, Scotland
The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
Whaligoe, Scotland
Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.
Mid Clyth, Scotland
A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.
Golspie, Scotland
A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.
Highland, Scotland
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
New York, New York
The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Christmas, Florida
Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.
Salisbury, Connecticut
Retirement home where the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West passed away.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.
Grand Isle, Vermont
Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Stowe, Vermont
The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.
Royalton, Vermont
An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.
Dummerston, Vermont
The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."