Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

A centuries-old shrine where Indians pray for U.S. visas.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.