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

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.