Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.