These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

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

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

A curious structure built just for the birds.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

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

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.