The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.