A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.