A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

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