A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

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

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.