Beamish, England
Beamish, the Living Museum of the North
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
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Beamish, England
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Sanquhar, Scotland
A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.
Wanlockhead, Scotland
The last water-powered beam pumping engine in Britain.
Wanlockhead, Scotland
Though it looks like a golf ball teed up for a hit, this hilltop station is actually used to monitor air traffic.
Moffat, Scotland
“It has nae lugs!”
Maybole, Scotland
An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.
Ayr, Scotland
This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
A monument to a Russian cruiser near its final resting place off the Ayrshire Coast.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Near this coastal cave stands a small memorial to the hermit who made it his home for three decades.
Port Logan, Scotland
The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Named after a 6th-century saint, who was also a scholar.
Mochrum, Scotland
Nine hundred years ago, this was the home of a feudal lord. Today all that remains is a steep mound surrounded by a deep moat.
Mochrum, Scotland
These stones date back to the 3rd or 2nd millennium B.C.
Monreith, Scotland
A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fort offers stunning ocean views.
Cutcloy, Scotland
The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.
Sorbie, Scotland
This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.
Wigtown, Scotland
A circle made up of 19 boulders has stood in Scotland's Bladnoch Valley for some 4,000 years.
Kirkcudbright, Scotland
A 17th-century building that once served as the town's courthouse and jail is now a thriving art center.
Castle Douglas, Scotland
The former seat of power for the Balliol dynasty.
Glentrool, Scotland
On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.
Dumfries, Scotland
This 900-foot structure with 20 arches crossing a Scottish river was built in the late 19th century.
New Galloway, Scotland
Believed to be the birthplace of John Balliol.