Edinburgh, Scotland
Surgeons' Hall Museums
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Torryburn, Scotland
The long-lost final resting place of an accused witch.
Scotland
Did a Halloween gathering at this site kick off Scotland’s witch trials?
Liverpool, England
What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?
London, England
The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.
London, England
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
Hastings, England
This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.
Glasgow, Scotland
A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital
London, England
This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.
Salford, England
This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.
London, England
A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.
London, England
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.
London, England
A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.