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Look up, the sky is there...look down, Dinner is there...The Great Hall is where you have meals, get sorted in your first year, and hear important announcements from the Teachers.

The magic stairs within Hogwarts, which are always moving, and sometimes lead to a different place on certain day!

The halls and corridors, which stand empty as students learn... Hogwarts is full of these.

The Empty Classrooms in Hogwarts, which are perfect for practicing new spells, reading alone, making-out with your boyfriend... Just don't get caught in any embarrassing situations by the Staff of Hogwarts.

The basements, which are located right under the Ground Floor, aren't as damp and musty and wet as the Dungeons.

Seeking a snack after dinner...? Want to come see where your meals are made? The Hogwarts kitchens are staffed by hundreds of House Elves, who are only too happy to give treats.

Located underground, the Dungeons are cold, damp, musty, and dark...

The area in Hogwarts where Teachers go to get away from the students.

The basement Common Room of the students of Hufflepuff House.

Sub-boards: Boy's Dorm, Girl's Dorm, Boy's Bath and Shower, Girls Bathroom and Showers

The Common Room of the sneaky, self-centered, according to who you ask...The Slytherins strut through here as if they own the place, and they kind of do!

Sub-boards: Girls Dorms, Girls Baths and Showers, Boy's Dorms, Boys Bathroom and Showers

The Lake has filled the days of the youth of Hogwarts with entertainment for generations. Take a swim...you might even bump into the Giant Squid...

Find all the shops in Hogsmeade Village here.

Sub-boards: Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop, Honeyduke's Sweetshop, Dervish and Banges, Gladrags Wizardwear, The Hog's Head, Post Office, Madam Puddifoot's, The Shrieking Shack, The Three Broomsticks, Zonko's Joke Shop

A second hand shop full of used wizarding items such as broken wands, fade invisibility cloaks, and old robes. While nothing is new, plenty of the items in this shop are interesting.

Partway down Diagon Alley, near its intersection with Knockturn Alley, stands an imposing snow-white marble building: Gringotts Wizarding Bank. "Towering over the other shops" , it is the place where British witches and wizards store their money and other valuables, in vaults miles below ground.

The centuries-old bank is run by goblins, and they alone know the secrets of the twisting underground passages and the enchantments (and creatures!) in place to defend against intruders. The goblins have a code that forbids them to speak of the bank's secrets, and would consider it "base treachery" to break any part of that code.

A large wizarding bookshop filled with shelves stacked to the ceiling, Flourish & Blotts is the primary - and perhaps only - supplier of textbooks for Hogwarts, though of course that's far from all they sell.

You can find amazing novels here, as well as bioaugraphies of famous witches and wizards, other wizarding magazines. Also, romance novels, including some very lascivious writings of renowned Muggle Writer, Zane.

One of the best joke shops with items legal for sale to underage wizards, the french-owned and operated shop has an amazing array of items to use in practical jokes. The items include but can't ever be limited to itchy sheets, Confidence Coins, and Coppulate Candles.

While shopping around in Diagon Alley, why not stop by and try the award-winning Butter Pecan ice cream at the Ice Cream Parlor? With and army of flavors, including mystery, "It's quite nearly impossible to get the same flavor twice in here!" says the cheerful owner.

This shop, the closest one to the entrance from the alley behind the Leaky Cauldron, sells all sorts of cauldrons. Outside the shop, a stack of them shines in the sun, under a sign that reads:

Cauldrons
All sizes
Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver
Self-Stirring
Collapsible

The pub and secret entrance into Diagon Alley, where you can buy many an item, including school supplies for the student in the family, new robes, a new wand, and even get some gold out of your vault...assuming you have one...

The Apothecary is a fascinating shop crammed with all sorts of interesting things. There are barrels of slimy stuff lined up on the floor and jars of all sorts of powders, herbs, and the like along the walls. Bundles of feathers, fangs, and claws hang from the ceiling. The whole place smells very bad, a mixture of bad eggs and rotten cabbage.

Here, young Witches and Wizards with aspirations of authorship may recieve advanced advice, legendary tips and tricks of the trade.

Of Course, fresh rolls of parchment may be purchased here as well. Don't forget new quills and ink!

Pick up a fresh copy of the Daily Prophet or send a written response to an article. Come to the main Headquarters of the Largest newspaper of Wizarding Britain.