Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.