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

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.