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This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

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

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.