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Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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

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

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 first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.