The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.