In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

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

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.