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.

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

This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Two large eyes painted anonymously on a mountain overlooking the city pay homage to an old legend.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.