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

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

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

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

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

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

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.