The majestic Fushimi Castle in Japan (voiced by Vincent Price) recalls the history and accomplishments of its builder Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the man who eventually unified all of 16th century Japan.
Chapultepec Palace in Mexico (voiced by Vincent Price) recalls the drama of the disastrous reign of the Austrian-born Emperor Maximilian I and his eventual overthrow and execution by the forces of Benito Juarez.
Edinburgh Castle (voiced by Vincent Price) recalls the story of one of the most famous Scottish monarchs to live within its walls: Mary Queen of Scots.
Built by a rich and powerful churchman, it soon became a royal residence. Now Hampton Court Palace (voiced by Vincent Price) tells the story of its most famous (or infamous) royal residents - King Henry VIII and his six wives.
Iolani Palace in Hawaii (voiced by Vincent Price) remembers the kings and queens of Hawaii, from the establishment of the monarchy in the 19th century to its end in the twentieth.
The stories of the prisoners housed in Kilmainham Jail in Dublin, Ireland and especially of the Irish patriots imprisoned and executed within it in its early days are recalled by the prison itself (voiced by Vincent Price).
The story of the historical Prince Hamlet, which inspired Shakespeare's play, is recounted by the actual Elsinore, Kronberg Castle (voiced by Vincent Price).
The palace of Versailles (voiced by Vincent Price) recalls the melancholy events leading up to the execution of King Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette and the beginning of the French Revolution.
Peterhof Palace (voiced by Vincent Price) in St. Petersburg, Russia recounts the story of Peter the Great, who led his country from a backward civilization to modern Russian society.
Port Arthur Jail in Australia was one of the most feared and terrible prisons on Earth - and who can better tell its story than its ruins (voiced by Vincent Price)?
The story of the swallows of San Juan Capistrano, which return there to nest each year, is legendary. Now the mission itself (voiced by Vincent Price) shares the story of its founder and a past both noble and sometimes violent.
Sutter's Mill in California (voiced by Vincent Price) recounts the story of the events in 1848 that led up to the seven-year-long California Gold Rush.
Catherine the Great's palace of Tsarkoe Selo in St. Petersburg (voiced by Vincent Price) recalls her life, with all its fascinating details and events, from her arrival in Russia as a young girl to her death.
Virginia City, Nevada sprang up as a boomtown in 1859 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode - but there's much more that the Territorial Enterprise, the town's newspaper (voiced by Vincent Price), can tell.
