This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

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

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.