Places mikeforsyth Wants to Go

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A curious structure built just for the birds.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

A community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh Hall.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.