The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

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

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

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

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

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.