Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

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

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

Graham Ibbesons's moving tribute to the victims of England's worst mining disaster.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.