A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

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

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

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

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

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

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

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

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

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

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

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.