Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

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

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

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

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

The burial place of 14 of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.