Cancún, Mexico
Old Airport Control Tower
One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.
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Cancún, Mexico
One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.
Birmingham, England
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.
Glasgow, Scotland
These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.
Darwen, England
One of the tallest mill chimneys in Lancashire gave up its ornate cast iron "crown" during World War II to assist the war effort.
Stirling, Scotland
These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.
Turku, Finland
A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.
Clitheroe, England
This historic former textile mill now houses a brewery, hotel, and what's believed to be the longest bar in the United Kingdom.
Eaglesham, Scotland
The biggest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.