Places maccasimmons Wants to Go

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

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

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

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

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.