This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

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.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

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

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.