This public library still showcases its former life as a 19th-century church.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This audio art installation pays tribute to the weather and unique linguistic history of the archipelago.

Legend has it that a Dutch fisherman lost control of his Shetland pony and tumbled from this cliff.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.