An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

Abandoned village in Sicily built during the agricultural reforms of Mussolini.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.