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A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.