The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.