Edinburgh, Scotland
The Hanging Stanes
A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An ancient relic in Edinburgh that is around 4,000 years old.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Abbey St Bathans, Scotland
A rare example of a Lowland broch.
Duddo, England
There were once more than five stones in this ancient monument.
Duns, Scotland
The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.
Dalgety Bay, Scotland
Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.
Lassodie, Scotland
The half-finished remains of what would have been Scotland’s biggest piece of landscape art.
Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain
The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.
Sasamón, Spain
Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.
Burgos, Spain
The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.
Burgos, Spain
For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.
Montejo de Tiermes, Spain
The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.
Gormaz, Spain
This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.
Jaraba, Spain
A medieval shrine set into a towering canyon wall.
Nuévalos, Spain
12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.
Campillo de Dueñas, Spain
This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.
Daroca, Spain
This tunnel was built in order to protect the village of Daroca from flash floods during rainy seasons.
Zaragoza, Spain
The engineer of the Imperial Canal of Aragon installed this fountain to show skeptics he had achieved his aim.