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

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.