Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

The ruins of a defunct limestone quarry still haunt this Scottish promontory.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

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

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

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

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

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

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

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

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