These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

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

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

This bell tower is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands and was a symbol of prestige.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.

On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

It's a mystery as to why this inland village chose the dolphin as its symbol.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.