Places emiliejayne Wants to Go

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

This park is home to a collection of important industrial and religious sites.

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.

This ancient abbey now lies in majestic ruin behind a caravan park.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

This mountain is one of the largest in Scotland but is better known for its hollow insides.

This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

The former seat of power for the Balliol dynasty.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

This abandoned mausoleum from 1815 sits deep within the forest surrounding Callendar House.

A historic fortification critical to Anglo-Scottish conflicts now serves as a bed and breakfast.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

Legends surrounding this megalithic tomb range from giants to a dwarf named Trollid.