The ruins of the Armadale Castle were once the Highland country estate of the Clan Donald, Scotland’s largest clan. The castle was built around 1790, with an extension added in 1815.

Edinburgh Castle is one of the oldest fortificated places in Europe, and the St. Margaret’s Chapel, located in the Edinburg Castle, is the oldest building in Edinburgh.

St. Andrews is known for being the birthplace of golf, its stunning coastline, university, medieval streets, architecture, and ruins.

In 1902, Herbert Pratt hired James Brite to build the first house to occupy the site. Ten years later the house was torn down and the current building was constructed.

Como, has attracted both famous and everyday travelers visitors for centuries. It commands the south shore of Lake Como and is surrounded by hills and mountains.

This park is right in the middle of the downtown Edinburgh, and easy to get to.

Opened in 1796, this lighthouse was the first built in New York State, and the fourth oldest working lighthouse in the United States.

The Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site includes the restored farmhouse and interpretive center which includes portraits, letters, manuscripts and other information referring to Whitman, his work and his life.

It is an elegant, friendly lakeside hamlet steeped in history with beautiful architecture, and plenty of stairs and hills to climb.

The Villa started as an ancient Cistercian woman’s monastery, which was built in the 12th century. The transformation in 1569 started with the Mornico family from Valassina, who owned the property for more than three centuries.

Located under the George Washington Bridge along the section of the Hudson River known as Jeffrey’s Hook, this is one of the few surviving lighthouses in New York City and serves as a quaint reminder of the area’s history.

Today, the villa tells the story of over three centuries of great collections set on a property of botanical gardens with walking trails on the shores of Lake Como in Tremezzo.

The peaceful former fishing town of Varenna is located on the eastern shore of Lake Como, Italy. You can walk the charming little streets, alleys and stairways leading to the interior of the village.

In 1924, one of America’s wealthiest couples, started building a fifty-five room, 36,000 square-foot mansion called Ca’ d’Zan (meaning House of John) on Sarasota Bay in Florida.

The Villa was built by the wealthy Rufolo family in the 13th century. When built, it was one of the largest, most expensive villas on the Amalfi coast.

Alex Munthe said this about Villa San Michele, ‘My house must be open to the sun, to the wind and the voice of the sea, just like a Greek temple, and light, light, light everywhere!’

This Duomo in Amalfi, was creation in the 9th and 10th centuries and has been added and redecorated several times. It is dedicated to the apostle St. Andrew whose relics are kept here.

Villa Cimbrone stands on a rocky outcrop known as ‘cimbronium’, and that is where the villa got its name. The property originally belonged to the noble Acconciajoco family and then passed to the powerful and wealthy Fuscos in the 1300s.

Riverhead lies at the mouth of the Peconic River and was know as the ‘river’s head’ in the 1700’s. The town was established in 1792 as part of the new jurisdictions after the American Revolution.

Fort Totten, in Bayside, NY is a tangible reminder of New York City’s once powerful harbor defense system.