Edinburgh, Scotland
Millennium Clock Tower
The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
London, England
The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
London, England
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Glasgow, Scotland
Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.
Liverpool, England
The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St Johns Precinct and Market.
Liverpool, England
The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.
Liverpool, England
Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.
Manchester, England
A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.
Chester, England
A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Chester, England
A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Deganwy, Wales
This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.
Llanberis, Wales
The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.