Burghead, Scotland
The Burning of the Clavie
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
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Burghead, Scotland
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Glastonbury, England
A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Saint Davids, Wales
A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Pembroke, Wales
A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Moelfre, Wales
These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.