The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

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

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

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

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

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

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

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

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

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

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

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

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

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