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

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 sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.