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A curious calcium carbonate formation made of petrified plant life in the harbour in Sunderland.

The house where the poet Robert Burns spent his final days and is now a museum.

A famous 14th century castle popular as a filming location, including Monty Python and Outlander.

Sheltered lakeside sculpture at Kielder Waterside featuring large timber uprights and a stainless-steel “cloud” form framing the sky.

One of Scotland's oldest stone castles, built in the 1220s.

Large heritage mural in Horden, County Durham, by Durham Spray Paints, depicting a miner holding a safety lamp to mark 125 years of mining in the village.

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

A 300m artwork celebrating the link between birds and literature.

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

A wishing well in a water meadow near Wooler where bent pins were dropped for wishes.

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

An obelisk on Whita Hill for John Malcolm, one of Langholm's most accomplished naval officers.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

A replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse giving a glimpse into life 2000 years ago.

A museum of the culture and artifacts of the town and surrounds.

A beacon on a hill just outside Richmond that was supposidly erected for Millennium celebrations.

A dovecote or doocot as the Scots call it, next to Northfield house in East Lothian.

An unfinished castle built by Sir John Seton situated a few miles north-east of Haddington in East Lothian.

Ruins of a 14th century chapel in the grounds of Low Friarside Farm.

A trio of curious follies located behind Sorrelsykes House near Aysgarth.

A lime kiln set in a lovely rolling Hobbiton area.

Historic limestone cave system featuring stunning stalactites, stalagmites, and ancient fossil remains.

Artwork near Roker Pier representing the seven main phases of the moon.

An elaborate white octagonal Greek style dome, containing the grave of Robert Burns.

Danby Beacon is a 301m high point on the North York Moors, featuring a 2008 steel sculpture on a Bronze Age barrow..

Wooden wildlife hide at Bakethin Nature Reserve near Kielder, offering views over Bakethin Reservoir and opportunities to spot birds and other wildlife.

A sandstone cave that is accessible from one of the narrow streets of Pittenweem, linked to both smugglers and St Fillan, a 7th century missionary.

A spectacular double waterfall sitting right in the heart of the Northumberland National park.

A late 1800s lighthouse, built to replace the original which was erected in 1636.

A ruined shell of an ancient kirk, teetering on the cliffs at Old Cambus, Cockburnspath.

An ancient sea stack near Oban with links to Scottish folklore.

Sandstone tower built in 1904 used as a navigational aid until 1916

The remains of a 16th century tower house that sits in the garden of a cafe in Earlston.

A large cairn with a henge and underground chamber near Bathgate in Scotland.

Eight wooden sculptures inspired by Easter Island’s Moai heads in Scarborough.

A burial vault for John Pringle, built from the rubble of a hospital, church and friary known as The House of the Holy Trinity, with great views out over Southern Scotland.

A hearse house hidden in the beautiful Allen Valley which was funded through the philanthropy of local travelling tea seller, Isaac Holden.

Impressive 10m high sculpture on the bank of Black Loch.

A hidden away home to The Kerr clan of Lothian, Ferniehirst Castle is a rarely open gem nestled in the Borders.

Sandstone crag, popular with climbers, on the hills near Edlingham with a hidden surprise.

Mysterious large stone pillar remains situated high up in Edlingham Woods giving views across Northumberland.

A 200 year old water tower in Aberlady that was used to provide water to Luffness hall.

A 3m tall standing stone in a field in East Lothian dated back to the Bronze Age.

A 16th century ruined tower house belonging to the Hume family, who were a powerful Border clan.

An octagonal summerhouse on Down Law in Ancrum near Jedburgh built by Robert Rutherford who was a Baron of the Russian Empire.

Statue in a storming pose of an extremely brave WWII soldier.

A mural to Newcastle United legend Kevin Keegan.

A memorial column on Dumfries High Street that was erected in 1780 to commemorate the 3rd Duke of Queensberry.

An automated mechanical ‘steam train’which appears every day tooting and clacking.

Sweetheart Wings near Ashington is a curious riverside artwork on the Wansbeck Estuary Art Trail featuring three large boulders that once held metal aircraft sculptures including a Spitfire and Wellington.

A folly that sits on the headland at Elie with stunning views over the Firth of Forth.

A small lighthouse that sits on the end of the west pier at Anstruther Harbour.

An octagonal Victorian folly built in 1835 for George Head Head of Rickerby Hall, possibly used as a dovecote.

A late medieval dovecote, just hiding off the A1 near Belford, first documented in 1626, which is grade II and on the National Heritage List for England.

A discreet sandstone monolith in South Gosforth that notes the line of the Ninety Fathom Dyke and the distance from the Gosforth Colliery Shaft.

Historic 1601 tower‑house ruin near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Built by George Pringle, now a scheduled monument above the Gala Water.

A stunning little waterfall secluded on the Otterburn Ranges near Featherwood.

Nine prehistoric caves containing Pictish carvings and Dovecots in East Wemyss, Kirkcaldy.

A beautifully positioned ruinous sandstone castle, overlooking the Firth of Fourth in East Wemyss, near Kirkaldy in Scotland.

A Motte and Bailey Castle thought to date from the 11th century.

A beautiful ruinous abbey in Glenluce near Stranraer, that was the home of Cistercian monks for over 400 years.

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

A ruined house in the Scots Baronial style that is part of the Seacliff Estate.

Discover Hailes Castle in East Lothian, a 13th-century riverside fortress and former Hepburn stronghold linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

A cave where Robert the Bruce is said to have hidden and may have met a spider.

16th century tower built for Alexander Hannay, and still owned by the family today.

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

A square towered dovecote, built in the 18th century of brick, with stepped cogged cornicing at the eaves and a pyramidal pan tiled roof.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

An RSPB reserve set on the River Cree Estuary forming a mosaic of salt marsh, mud flat, lake and reed beds.

A country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

A ruined 15th century tower house near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

A mysterious cave hidden deep in the woodlands of The Hermitage near Dunkeld.

Museum in Selkirk’s old courthouse where Sir Walter Scott served as sheriff for nearly 30 years, showcasing his life, work and role in local justice.

A 19th century parish church in Kirk Yetholm, built in 1836 in a simple Gothic style and still in use for worship today.

A man made round cairn on top of Carter Bike near to the border.

Fields as far as the eye can see of firework bright Dahlia and Chrysanthemums which burst into bloom every autumn, close to Hadrian's Wall.

Late Medieval towerhouse near Arnside in the Lake District.

The Stow Old Bridge is a packhorse bridge consisting of three narrow arches over the Gala Water, built around 1654–55 to allow packhorses (and worshippers) to cross safely to the old kirk.

A 1956 style AA sentry box that would have been a sight of safety for many post war drivers until its closure in 2002.

Ruined 16th century tower house near Longniddry in East Lothian, once home to the Douglas family and later used as a Catholic seminary.

A working water mill built in 1740 near the River Bela.

Ancient Viking Cross dated between 865 and 950 in the graveyard of St Wilfrid's Church.

14th century rectory, home for the rector of the local church

The base of a medieval cross, sitting in an elevated position on the western edge of Dere Street on the Otterburn Ranges.

A tower constructed in 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in Dallowgill, North Yorkshire.

The Glassonby Stone Circle, was the site of a 1900s excavation of remains of burnt bones, a Bronze Age collared urn and a mysterious blue faience bead.

A remote memorial cairn to Lord Robinson who was instrumental in forming the British Forestry Commission and Kielder Forest.

Visit the ruins of a once-thriving Carmelite monastery in Aberlady, East Lothian.

A dovecote or doocot located in East Linton near Markle.

A 5m high cairn on Padon Hill marking the wedding anniversary of some local notables and to honour the work of a prominent Presbyterian preacher.

Huge plant shoots created by Andrew McKeown from Corten Steel.

Collection of four sculptures on Durham University’s South Road campus, each celebrating history, science, and art.

A 6 metre Victorian folly built in 1896 on a Bronze Age barrow, replacing an earlier tower by Solomon Mycock and offering panoramic views of Buxton and the Peak District.

A lighthouse built in 1908, on the headland near Ruby Bay, with fantastic views over the Firth of Forth.

A Market Hall, dating from the 17th century and Market Cross thought to date from the 13th century in the centre of Bingley.

Three art installations based on international pilgrims and journeys.

A fine example of a ruinous tower house near Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway.

The remains of one of the first artillery defence castles, overlooking the Firth of Fourth near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.