Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."