A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Now in ruins, this abbey was the home of Tironensian monks for more than 400 years.

The biggest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.

A magnificent tomb that was the final resting place of the Dukes of Hamilton.

The only statue ever crafted by award-winning animator Ray Harryhausen.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

Stone monkeys adorn the buildings of this former estate.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

A Paisley park where little has changed since its early 20th-century creation.

Paisley's oldest open green space contains a rather ostentatious fountain at its center.

The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.

This stone was once used by druids to determine a person's innocence or guilt.

A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.