Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

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

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.