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Street names don't get more "late capitalism" than this.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

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

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

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

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

The middle finger of modernity.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.