Cruden Bay, Scotland
New Slains Castle Ruins
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Dunmore, Scotland
A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Dunning, Scotland
A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Traquair, Scotland
The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Melrose, Scotland
This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.
London, England
A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Dumfries, Scotland
An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Brighton, England
The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.