Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

One of only three examples of a stained glass window manufactured by the Tiffany Company in Scotland.

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

A remote island holds what claims to be Scotland's smallest cinema.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

The ruins of a 15th-century castle that has seen its fair share of bitter feuds.