Places Edited by Shaheen Alikhan

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

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

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.