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A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.