A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

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

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

These once housed the families who decided in 1665 to quarantine themselves to save their neighbours.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

This 8-foot Anglo-Saxon cross is a rare surviving example of Mercian craftsmanship.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Remains of a keep that was built shortly after the Norman conquest of England.

This park features a wooden causeway preserved since the Neolithic era.

An interactive museum where visitors can play through the evolution of video games.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

A goblet-shaped rock that, according to lore, is the home of an elven hermit.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.