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

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

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

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

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

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.