Places jaynamcmillan Wants to Go

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

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

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

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

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.