An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.

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

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.

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

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.