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

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

This stone throne invites adventurers to observe breathtaking views of the Peak District.

A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.