The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A sculpture dedicated to the Roman history steeped in a Scottish town.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

This museum honors the young maritime hero who became an unexpected Victorian-era celebrity.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.