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

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.