Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

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

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

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

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