The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

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

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.