Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

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

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

This enigmatic Roman tower lurks just outside Belmonte.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.