Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

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

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

The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

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

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.