Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Art and a pun, all in one.

Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.

Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.