This statue of an eagle taking flight welcomes visitors to Langkawi.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Visible from both land and sea.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

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

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.