Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

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

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."