Edinburgh, Scotland
Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.
Llanberis, Wales
The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.
Manchester, England
This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Aboyne, Scotland
A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.
Scotland
A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.
Haddington, Scotland
Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.