Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

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

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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

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

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

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.