A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

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 Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.