The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

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

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

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