Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

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

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.