Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

The world's largest wooden structure.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

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

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

An ancient stone with mysterious origins stands in a residential neighborhood.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.