This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.