A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.