Places Braecrest Wants to Go

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.