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.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

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

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

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

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.