Places kifaqu Wants to Go

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.