Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.