Oban, Scotland
McCaig’s Tower
Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.
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Oban, Scotland
Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.
Munich, Germany
This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Oxford, England
The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.
Oxford, England
Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.
El Mirage, California
Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Oxford, England
Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.
Oxford, England
A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.
Oxford, England
The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Oxford, England
One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.
Hemel Hempstead, England
A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.
Zadar, Croatia
Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.