The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

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

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

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

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

The home of two of Scotland's most important artists has been reassembled in the Hunterian Art Gallery.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

This hidden gem reveals the history of Britain's first police force.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.