Pittenweem, Scotland
St. Fillan's Cave
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
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Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Forres, Scotland
A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.
Burghead, Scotland
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Stenness, Scotland
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Bordoy, Faroe Islands
Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Narsarsuaq, Greenland
An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.
Qaqortoq, Greenland
One Greenland town turned itself into an open air sculpture gallery with the help of a series of traditional stone artworks.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Bruges, Belgium
This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.
Knokke-Heist, Belgium
A garden of flying flowers.
Liège, Belgium
A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.
Brussels, Belgium
This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.
Ostend, Belgium
The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.
Herentals, Belgium
This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.