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

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.