Edinburgh, Scotland
The Black Castle
This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
London, England
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Lower Largo, Scotland
A cottage built at the birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who inspired the novel 'Robinson Crusoe.'
Saint Monans, Scotland
Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.
Anstruther, Scotland
The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Anstruther, Scotland
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
Crail, Scotland
The remains of a 19th-century carving of what was to be a signal light on the Firth of Forth Estuary.
Crail, Scotland
Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
Ceres, Scotland
A stone memorial marking the location where Scotland's first aeronautical flight landed.
Cupar, Scotland
Beneath this headstone lie the severed body parts of three individuals who were caught up in a bloody period of Scottish history.
Longniddry, Scotland
Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.
Isle of Bute, Scotland
A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.
Port Glasgow, Scotland
A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.
Glasgow, Scotland
This vessel is the final ocean-going paddle steamer in the world.