One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

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

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

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

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.