Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Book Sculptures
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.
Prague, Czechia
One of the oldest, well-preserved water treatment facilities in all of Europe.
Prague, Czechia
A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.
Prague, Czechia
A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.
Prague, Czechia
An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."
Marbach, Austria
The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.
Stirling, Scotland
It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.
Stirling, Scotland
These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.
Glasgow, Scotland
The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.
Stirling, Scotland
A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.
Stirling, Scotland
A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."
Edinburgh, Scotland
Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.