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

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

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

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

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

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

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

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

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.