Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

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

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

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

A remnant of the Roman army's presence on the coast of Scotland.

A medieval tower with a suspended iron cage used as an open-air jail for criminals who were exposed as a warning.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.