A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.