Catacombs turned marketplace.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

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

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

Putt your way around Australia in a black light environment.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.