Edinburgh, Scotland
The Lost Close
An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."
Edinburgh, Scotland
A collection of unique objects showcasing the university’s achievements in the medical field.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.
Edinburgh, Scotland
In memory of the assassinated, now-canonized Salvadoran archbishop who is the namesake of nearby Romero Place.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
New York, New York
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
New York, New York
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.