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An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

The former seat of power for the Balliol dynasty.

The artwork is tucked within a cave on a tiny Scottish island only accessible at low tide.

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.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.