The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

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

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

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

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

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