Largs, Scotland
Kelburn Castle
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
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Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Edinburgh, Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
Milton, Scotland
This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
North Berwick, Scotland
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
London, England
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.