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

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

These ancient ruins were the final resting place of King Henry II's mistress.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.