Places Otherwyrld Wants to Go

The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.

Hidden in this modern shopping center is a relic of 16th-century capital punishment.

A distinctive building that incorporates a mythical beast into its architecture.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

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

This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.

A watering hole from the late 1800s in the heart of the Campsie Fells.

These sculptures common among indigenous populations in North America, celebrate Shetland's unique geology.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This public library still showcases its former life as a 19th-century church.

The unexpected mascot of Shetland's capital.

The first Chinese student to graduate from a European university.

The man who helped establish the first rules of golf.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

Reportedly the "most handsome" market cross in Scotland.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

These unique weather vanes honor Scotland's most famous bard and decorate this walkway.

Legend has it that a Dutch fisherman lost control of his Shetland pony and tumbled from this cliff.