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.

The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.