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

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

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

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

An abandoned village where the ruined foundations cling to a cliff.

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.

It's known as the "Full Monty school" thanks to its role in the beloved British comedy film.