Burghead, Scotland
The Burning of the Clavie
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
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Burghead, Scotland
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Cambridge, England
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
Chaldon, England
Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.
Stromness, Scotland
Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."
Glasgow, Scotland
The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.
Wadebridge, England
This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.
Ticknall, England
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Lewes, England
Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."
Totnes, England
A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.
Sheffield, England
This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Sheffield, England
A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.
Roughlee, England
This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
Manningtree, England
This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.
Sheffield, England
Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
Crosstown, England
This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.
Bude, England
A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.
Bath, England
Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.
Liddel, Scotland
This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.
Biddulph, England
This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.