A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

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

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.