Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.