Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

It's said taking a hammer and nail to this stone relieves a toothache.

Prank calls to this place, originally the "Tube Bar," inspired the creation of a Simpsons character.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

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

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

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

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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