A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

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.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

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

This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.