A secluded oasis of contemporary art and natural beauty.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

Home to one of the most popular teams in Scottish football history.