Places Braecrest Wants to Go

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

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

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

Believed to be the birthplace of John Balliol.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

When a missile testing site was proposed near this site in the Outer Hebrides, this statue was commissioned in response.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

Believed to be the former location of one of the earliest Viking assemblies in Europe.

If you fly into Edinburgh Airport, it's possible to spot this prehistoric site without even getting off the plane.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.