This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.