Places Juliana Wants to Go

A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Robotic car thieves, freakish animals and huge neon floats in Northern Ireland's capital.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.