A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.