This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

Although it appears much older, this castle-like tower is actually a Georgian-era folly.

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

When a missile testing site was proposed near this site in the Outer Hebrides, this statue was commissioned in response.

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

Secret Swing.

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.

A flying saucer has landed for good in the middle of a tiny Canadian town.

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

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

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

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.