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

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The magic's in the hole!

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

This modern pedestrian bridge on the Yarra River was modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.