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

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.