Isle of Eigg, Scotland
Massacre Cave
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
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Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Windsor, England
One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Harrogate, England
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
Newborough, Wales
Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Grantham, England
One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.
Melrose, Scotland
This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.
Liddel, Scotland
This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.
Salisbury, England
The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
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.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.