A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

This castle was first occupied in the 1400s and has undergone major restoration in recent times.

This former small-town cinema palace was built with the remains of a luxury liner.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

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

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

This hidden gem reveals the history of Britain's first police force.

A sculpture that commemorates an iconic photo of urban Scotland's past.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

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.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.