Places R Sevens Wants to Go

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.