An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

Read a book with a glass of wine at this classically restored bar.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.