Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

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

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

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

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

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

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

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

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.