This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."