Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The magic's in the hole!

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.