Newquay, England
The Island, Newquay
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
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Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Liverpool, England
The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Elie, Scotland
The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Cookley, England
Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Broadway, England
A petite castle folly in the English countryside.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.
Paisley, Scotland
The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Melrose, Scotland
This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.
Birnam, Scotland
Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Spean Bridge, Scotland
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.