Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

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

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

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

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

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

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

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Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

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This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

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A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.