The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

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

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

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

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

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.