This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This classic photo booth was saved from destruction by the local community.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This anatomical sculpture raises awareness about violence against women and promotes gender equality.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.