A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

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

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

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

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

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.