One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

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.

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

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This living legend of maritime history is enjoying a second life.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.