Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

An ancient healing font dedicated to an 11th-century matriarch was moved to make way for progress.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

In memory of the assassinated, now-canonized Salvadoran archbishop who is the namesake of nearby Romero Place.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

Mining, a local filmmaker, and a philanthropist doctor all commemorated within a small space in suburban Edinburgh

Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

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

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.

This Melbourne bank has unique Gothic-style architectural features and is one of the most majestic operating bank branches in the world.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.