Edinburgh, Scotland
Jacob's Ladder
This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.
London, England
The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
New Delhi, India
This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.
Malmesbury, England
Where an 11th-century flying monk crash landed after attempting to take to the skies.
Stockholm, Sweden
A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.
Catacol, Scotland
These quaint cottages feature built-in signaling devices for fishermen.
Geneva, Switzerland
This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.
Chicago, Illinois
A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Verona, Italy
It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.
Beijing, China
The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.
Oaxaca, Mexico
The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.
Istanbul, Turkey
Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.
Singapore
A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.