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Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

London's largest outsider art museum.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.