Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

This bell tower is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands and was a symbol of prestige.

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

A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.

On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.