Places stephmcmahon Wants to Go

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.