Places R Sevens Wants to Go

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.