The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.