A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Twenty carved heads in Glasgow take a comical, modern twist to the medieval apotropaic, avenger of evil.

This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.

This Georgian mansion blends historical significance with an impressive art collection within picturesque surroundings.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The site where two doves fell in love.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.

The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.

The Guinness Record holder as the "tallest cinema in the world" is a building with screens in almost every one of its 12 floors