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These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

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

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

A nomadic museum known for its art exhibitions about religion and faith.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

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