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These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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

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

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

This painting of a beloved dog will be on display at the Scottish National Gallery at long as the museum exists.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.