A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

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

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.