Places Miss Godzilla Wants to Go

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

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

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

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

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

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

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.