Sigtuna, Sweden
Sigtuna RĂĄdhus (City Hall)
A tiny town hall—in Sweden's one-time capital—might be the smallest in Europe.
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Sigtuna, Sweden
A tiny town hall—in Sweden's one-time capital—might be the smallest in Europe.
Sigtuna, Sweden
Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.
Ekerö V, Sweden
The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.
Saint Monans, Scotland
Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.
Anstruther, Scotland
The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Anstruther, Scotland
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
Crail, Scotland
The remains of a 19th-century carving of what was to be a signal light on the Firth of Forth Estuary.
Crail, Scotland
Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.
Inverkeithing, Scotland
Aside from denoting a public square or market, this medieval structure was also a sign of a town's prosperity.
East Linton, Scotland
A curious structure built just for the birds.
East Lothian, Scotland
The departure point for the first return flight across the Atlantic.
Haddington, Scotland
These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.
Longniddry, Scotland
Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.
North Berwick, Scotland
The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.
North Berwick, Scotland
This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.
North Berwick, Scotland
An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.