This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

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

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.