Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Among the large beech trees of Lanarkshire, Scotland, lies this abandoned cemetery.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.