Places Pengwn Wants to Go

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.