Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

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

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.