After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

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

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.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.

An abandoned Yorkshire castle that is hidden in plain sight.

The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.