The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

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

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

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

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.