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This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

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

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.