Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

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

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.