A rather unusual, if not whimsical, art installation that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

A magnificent tomb that was the final resting place of the Dukes of Hamilton.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.

Where a neoclassical sculptor rests at the heart of the museum devoted to him.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

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

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

Ornate lobby of a police station is decorated with colorful murals by Augusto Giacometti.

Underneath the well-known Lindenhof hides a secret cellar documenting Zurich's early history.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.