The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A fantastic example of Victorian railway engineering with two unusual decorative features.

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

These ancient symbols freckling a Scottish cliff remained hidden for centuries.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

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

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.