Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.