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

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

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

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

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.