At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

This small train ride offers stellar views of the Grand Garden Palace.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

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

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

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

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

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

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.