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Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

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

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.