The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

This former small-town cinema palace was built with the remains of a luxury liner.

Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.

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

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.