When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

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

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

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

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.