Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A local prank turned town icon.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.