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

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A painted tribute to an ancient Egyptian king lurks along a stretch of Scottish shore.