Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

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

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

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.