Edinburgh, Scotland
Tolbooth Tavern
Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.
Deans, Scotland
A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.
Haroldswick, Scotland
Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
A long-abandoned relic of World War II.
Dunmore, Scotland
A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.
Port Logan, Scotland
The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.
Duffus, Scotland
A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.
Dalgety Bay, Scotland
Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.
Glasgow, Scotland
This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.
Bixter, Scotland
Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.
Arrochar, Scotland
This uniquely shaped rock formation is one of Scotland's most iconic mountains and gives spectacular views in all directions.
Boolboonda, Australia
The longest manmade tunnel in Queensland is now a beautiful trail, home to a special colony of bent-wing bats.
Bells Bridge, Australia
A museum in rural Queensland wrongly claims that dinosaur fossils possess evidence that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
Birdsville, Australia
A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.
Brisbane, Australia
Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.
Killeany, Ireland
A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.
Westmeath, Ireland
The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.
Arbour Hill, Ireland
The burial place of 14 of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising.
Walsh Island, Ireland
An unassuming historical marker for an iron age fort leads you to an oddly adorned cemetery for unbaptized children.
Dublin, Ireland
A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."