Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A small collection of objects of a bygone era hide in plain view.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A rather unusual, if not whimsical, art installation that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A tragic tale of a young woman accused of witchcraft haunts this place.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.