This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

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

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.