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

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

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.