Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

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

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.