The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

One of Edinburgh's most popular works of street art is located well off the beaten path.

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

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

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

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

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

Built as a training camp, this site became a detainment center for prisoners of war and German civilians during World War I.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

This gigantic monument hidden in the woods was built to thank the Dutch for sheltering Belgian refugees during World War I.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.

For years, the remains of this ancient Roman fortress were hidden under an orchard.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.