A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

A remnant of the Roman army's presence on the coast of Scotland.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

Once a year, a sandbar rises from the depths just in time for the world's weirdest match.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

The now-quiet remains of coastal artillery defenses that were used in both World Wars.