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

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.