A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

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

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

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

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A small Scottish town's larger-than-life tribute to the celebrated accordion player.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.