Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

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

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.