Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The whole world in one water tank.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Bizarre Cavern.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

The most confusing clock in New York.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.