The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

The world's oldest model village.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

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

Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.

This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

An abandoned, desolate train tunnel that was used during World War II.

Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

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 hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.