A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

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

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.