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

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

This former factory turned private museum contains surreal and creepy artwork created by Robert Y.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.