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

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.