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

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.