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

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

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.

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."

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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

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

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

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

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.