In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

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

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.