Keep a lookout for replicas of this wooden soldier hiding in plain sight all around town.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

This old village lock-up is known as the "round house," but it is actually octagonal.

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

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.

This tribute to a beloved cricket umpire is a magnet for risqué pranksters.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

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

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.