An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

This former school is now abandoned and a canvas for graffiti artists.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

Atop this arch, during the 16th-century, a sermon was given to those suffering from plague.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

The remains of a 19th-century carving of what was to be a signal light on the Firth of Forth Estuary.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

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

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.