Edinburgh, Scotland
Museum of Edinburgh
This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.
Llangoed, Wales
A little-known castle set in a nature reserve.
Feshiebridge, Scotland
These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.
Elgin, Scotland
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
Highland, Scotland
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Kyoto, Japan
Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.
Kyoto, Japan
This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.
Kyoto, Japan
The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Berlin, Germany
Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
Berlin, Germany
What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.
Sapporo, Japan
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Changsha, China
The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.
Shanghai, China
This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.
Shanghai, China
A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.