The house in the middle of the motorway.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

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

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.