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These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.