Polldubh, Scotland
Ben Nevis
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
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Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A tiny museum dedicated to the world’s tallest true giant sits on an island he never set foot on.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Beauly, Scotland
After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.
Beauly, Scotland
These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Golspie, Scotland
A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.
Wick, Scotland
The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Canterbury, England
A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.
Canterbury, England
An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.
Canterbury, England
A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.
Cambridge, England
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
Cambridge, England
Cambridge’s century-old outdoor swimming pool is tied for being the longest pool in the United Kingdom, but it is also unusually narrow.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.