Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
Clach an Truseil
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
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Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
Eoropaidh, Scotland
A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.
Saint Helens, England
Giant statue of a disembodied head.
Ripponden, England
The house in the middle of the motorway.
Manchester, England
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Manchester, England
This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.
Manchester, England
The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.
Feshiebridge, Scotland
These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.
Elgin, Scotland
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
Nairn, Scotland
One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.
Aviemore, Scotland
Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.
Heckington, England
The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Lambholm, Scotland
This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.
Orkney, Scotland
A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.
Wick, Scotland
The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.