Edinburgh, Scotland
The Great Hall Ceiling at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Congleton, England
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
London, England
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
London, England
This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.
Strathcarron, Scotland
This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.
Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Great Dunmow, England
An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.
Hartfield, England
The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.