Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.