The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This museum offers a glimpse into early 20th-century Glasgow life.

This two-legged horse statue celebrates a beloved cartoonist and his quirky characters.

Inscribed on the gate are the names of 29 figures from the University's first five centuries.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

The site of the first international football match.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.