Stonehaven, Scotland
Dunnottar Castle
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
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Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Swindon, England
This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.
Exeter, England
At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.
Isles of Scilly, England
At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.
Swindon, England
This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
London, England
The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
South Harting, England
This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."
Bath, England
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
England
The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.