Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

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

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

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

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A site paying tribute to an 18th century Scottish fiddler

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.