Places Sandra McGhee Wants to Go

The former home of a conniving 17th century politician is now a high-end hotel.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.

A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.

A remnant of the Roman army's presence on the coast of Scotland.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

This Bronze Age tomb makes the most unusual front garden fixture.