This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.