Places Edited by Gavin

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.