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This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

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

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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 allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.