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A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

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

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.