A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

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

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.