Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.