Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Slemish Mountain
A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.
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Ballymena, Northern Ireland
A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Swansea, Wales
Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.
Haverfordwest, Wales
A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.
Saint Fagans, Wales
Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.
Amlwch, Wales
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Edinburgh, Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.
Isle of Bute, Scotland
A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Westmeath, Ireland
The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.