The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

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

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.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.