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When not being held in the Forest, the Care Of Magical Creatures class is held out on the lawn. There is also a spare room for writing tests, or if it's raining or snowing too hard outside to be outside.

The Forbidden Forest is just that; forbidden. Don't let anyone catch you going in here, or you could be in deep trouble. It's not banned without reason; there are many creatures calling the forest their home that you don't want to cross. There is also a centaur herd, the Hogwarts Thestrals, and even some unicorns.

This cabin belongs to the so-called 'keeper of the keys and grounds', or the groundskeeper. It formerly belonged to Hagrid, the half-giant, but has recently been passed into new hands.

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There are several greenhouses on the Hogwarts grounds, where students have Hebology lessons. Don't get bitten by the Venomous Tentacula!

The sweeping lawns of Hogwarts are a popular student destination. On nice days, some do their homework under the comfort of the sun, and in the chilly months, there's usually a snowball fight or two going on.

A popular destination for sports fans, the Quidditch Pitch is open all seasons, making for some interesting weather conditions during the practices. The four teams duke it out each year for a chance at the Quidditch Cup. Rivalries can get pretty nasty, however, and sometimes the faculty has to step in.

The Potions class is probably one of the most loved and hated classes in Hogwarts, depending on your house. Students here learn how to create many draughts, antidotes and elixirs; provided that they're paying any attention, that is.

This is the office of the Potions professor. It's likely got many jars of unidentifiable objects floating around in questionable liquid. Perhaps it's best not to ask what these jars contain.

Not only are most important events and balls held here, but this is also where each meal is held. There are four tables for each house, and one long table at the front for the staff. House elves work tirelessly in the kitchens below to serve up a number of delicious meals for the students.

Where the first years wait to be Sorted, this small chamber is meant to be kept empty during the school year. All the same, some clever couple always manages to sneak their way in and have their fun.

Where the staff lounge about after hours. Some of them choose to grade papers outside of their classrooms, some just like the environment. Sometimes, they have meetings to discuss the goings-on at Hogwarts. If they aren't in their office, this is always the second place you should check. Do enter without premission. If you get caught in this room without premission you will get into trouble.

A derelict, abandoned classroom, the Gryffindor Ghost holds his Death-day parties here - but don't attend one, they're said to be dreadfully boring. Students like to bunk lessons and hang out here, thinking that they won't get caught.

Formerly the office of the well-known Argus Filch, a new face glares out from behind the door nowadays. Not that it's much different a place; there are still filing cabinets full of the students misdeeds that need to be sorted by the unlucky chap who landed himself in detention.

Argued to be the most boring of all the classes, very few can appreciate the intrigue of ancient magical history. This class often bears witness to sleeping students and drab lessons, but I'm sure the Professor is used to it by now.

Filled floor to ceiling with books on things that would put most readers to sleep, the History of Magic classroom definitely has the look of an office space. Of course, like all the other offices, it has it's personal touches.

While the Arts have been strictly forbidden, and their teachings in any way, shape, or form has been eliminated, this class still remains to teach the students to protect themselves. Just in case.

Many things have changed at Hogwarts, and yet the ghost of the poor Ravenclaw girl dubbed 'Moaning Myrtle' still remains. She can almost always be found in her loo - although, she's been known to visit other bathrooms, as well. Keep your eye out when you're bathing.

A room full of shiny, attractive trophies, students come here to marvel victories of past and present. Unless, of course, they're here as a punishment. For detention, some students are made polish the trophies, as well as the armor in a nearby room.

Adjacent to the Trophy Room is the armor gallery. If you haven't guessed, it's a room showcasing several bits and pieces of armor. This is also something students might be required to tend to if they haven't been on their best behavior.

Though it was originally located on the Ground Floor, the Hospital Wing has since moved to the fourth, where it has remained. Only six visitors at a time, or the nurse might give you all the boot! It's very clear, sterile, and full of beds made with white linen.

The Charms classroom. A place where students go to learn many helpful and interesting incantations throughout the school year, one of which can cause an object to levitate.

Full of thousands upon thousands of books on any subject one could imagine, the Hogwarts library is a great place to come and study. There's also a Restricted Section - but if you want to put one toe anywhere near it, you'd better hand your note of permission to the librarian.

This section of the Library you much have permission from a teacher to get into. It is not for young witches and wizards and holds many books about the dark arts.

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So you are supposed to study in here but at times you can hear whispered gossip going on in here.

Once housing the Mirror of Erised, this room is now uneventfully empty. But like all empty and unused rooms in Hogwarts, it serves it's purpose for the wrongdoers and wooing couples. It's one of the few empty rooms on this floor.

The focus of this class is pretty straightforward, and easy once you get the hang of it. However, it's definitely not for everyone, and so it's a good thing the class is an elective.

Complete with the feel of the Professor teaching it, this is the office of the Arithmancy class. Come here if you need advice, or just need a word with the Professor.

The Muggle Studies office is located on the fifth floor, on the opposite end of the castle as the Prefects bathroom. It's the first place you should look if you need to get in contact with the Professor.

Art is as defined in Hogwarts, as it is in the Muggle World. The pictures around the school were painted by brilliant artists and even so, every student needs their own creative outlet. The class is fairly new, but is open for students of all years to join. The classroom is large and spacious and seats up to fifty students. Every student is set near the art project of their choice. Whether it be a large block of clay, a magical easel, or something as simple as a sketch pad and a pencil.

In this class, students are taught a multitude of different instruments, as well as are required to join the Hogwarts Choir. This class teaches students a firm backbone of both Muggle and magical artists throughout the ages. You will perform in front of your classmates, as well as the whole school at the Start of Term Feast. The classroom seats up to twenty students. The desks are lined up in even rows and can be moved for when performing or practicing takes place. The classroom has its own natural lighting because of the large glass windows that sit on the far side of the room.

This is undoubtedly an entertaining class, as students learn how to turn every day objects and even animals into something else. Human transfiguration is possible, but only in the last years.

This is Ancient Runes. As the name suggests, this class covers the study of runes that are ancient, and how to decipher them. It is one of the Hogwarts electives.

This office belongs to the Ancient Runes professor. Contact them if you'd like to attend their class, and if you already do, perhaps getting some advice is all you need. Whatever the case, the office is there.

Though the classroom is indeed on the seventh floor, it is accessed via trapdoor from the floor below. The room is heavily scented, with squashy cushions and a fireplace. Students learn tea-leaves, palm-read, and fortune telling; many think it's a load of frogspawn

This is the office of the Charms Professor. It is the thirteenth window from the right of the West tower.

The office of the current Hogwarts Headmaster. It is flanked by two stone gargoyles, to which one must recite a password before being allowed entry. The moving spiral staircase then carries the individual into the office, which is circular and personalized, with portraits of the previous Heads hanging on the walls.

The North tower holds the office of the Divination professor. It is accessed through a staircase off the main room.

A must-stop shop for those who enjoy potion making, the Apothecary is packed with odd and even smelly ingredients, jars of powder, and herbs. There are bundles of feathers, fangs, and claws hanging from the ceiling. The Apothecary carries quite a bad smell.

With cauldrons even stacked outside in the sun, the cauldron shop boasts a sign out front that suggests they sell cauldrons of all sizes - as well as self-stirring and collapsible ones. They come in pewter, brass, copper, and even silver!

This shop is quite dimly lit, and carries a number of owls available for purchase, including screech, tawny, barn, brown, and snowy owls. It also carries owl-related merchandise, such as owl treats and cages.

This shop is quite obviously a parlor which sells ice-cream. It was boarded up for several years after the disappearance of it's owner, but recently bought by a new face and reopened. The name, however, was kept in honor of the man who once ran it. It boasts outdoor tables for the shoppers to sit at.

A large bookstore located in Diagon Alley, Flourish & Blotts is filled with books stacked on ceiling-height shelves. It is the primary provider for Hogwarts textbooks, but carries many other forms of literature as well. There are occasional book-signings, and advance orders and owl delivery are also possible.

Though greatly outshined by the Weasley joke shop down the road, Gambol & Japes still attracts the occasional customer. They sell a variety of trick items and joke products, including fireworks.

Staffed by goblins, Gringott's is very large, and crafted out of marble. It's employees tend to be very foul and believe that all goblin-made treasure belongs to their race by right. However, if you have a vault filled with gold, you can come and get it out of the bank.

Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions. Just like the name of the shop suggests, a wide variety of robes can be found here. All robes are self-ironing and self-repairing, but they also carry spangled, beautifying, slimming, fattening, lengthening, and temperature-adjusting. There are also robes for larger witches and wizards.

The menagerie is crowded and noisy, but the perfect place to journey if you're looking for the perfect pet. It sells a wide variety of creatures and their care items, including enormous purple toads, cats of every color, ravens, custard-colored furballs (probably Puffskeins), sleek, and black rats, that are rather more intelligent than normal rats.

Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. It's quite the thing to brag, but this shop has every right. Definitely the best Wandmaker around, though some would argue, Ollivander's is the most popular destination for first years looking to receive their first wand.

Popular with sports fans, Quality Quidditch Supplies is where you'll want to head if you need a new broom, or perhaps a set of Quidditch robes. At one point, they had a full set of Chudley Cannons robes on display.

Definitely a more upscale clothing shop, it's definitely not for those without money. Though many choose Madam Malkins, Twilfil & Tattings also carries robes suitable for the school year.

If you haven't decided which of the many shops you want to visit first, perhaps a walk around the streets might take your fancy. Or maybe you're a local just wandering around, trying not to get run over by the excited students rushing about.

This shop is a magical equipment sales and repairs shop. It allows the purchase of Sneakoscopes, among other things. Dervish & Banges is located near the end of High Street in Hogsmeade.

A clothing shop located in Hogsmeade, Gladrags Wizard Wear definitely has it's share of... odder-styled clothing, as well. The shop has additional stores located in London and Paris.

A seedy bar with a severed Hog's Head hanging above the door and giving it the name, it's not the place you come for general merry-making. A lot of shifty characters can be found in this bar.

A popular destination for the sweet-tooths of Hogwarts, Honeydukes sells a vast array of sugary goodness. Homemade fudge is an especially popular delight, and it's baked by the owners of the shop themselves.

A very feminine, tacky, frilly tea shop, this place is popular with budding couples, especially on Valentine's day. It's practically the pinnacle of cheesy, but many girls dream of their date taking them here.

Scrivenshaft's Quills is located on High Street and as the name suggests, a wide array of quills (and possibly parchment?) is sold here. It's useful to buy extras if yours tend to break easily. The feathers come from a variety of birds, as well.

Rumored to have been the most haunted building in Britain, the shrieks had nothing to do with ghosts. It's quiet nowadays, but that doesn't sway it's avid onlookers, who still insist that the 'dormant creatures' won't stay silent forever. If you want to get inside, you've got to go through the Whomping Willow, first.

This is Platform 9 & 3/4. Provided you weren't late, and you made it through the wall alright, the scarlet Hogwarts Express is waiting ever so patiently for the students to clamber inside. Or perhaps it's September, and it's just leaving.

Department of Magical Law Enforcement. The largest department within the Ministry. The department is the equivalent to the Home Office of Muggle Britain. This is home to the Auror Office, Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office, Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects, Improper Use of Magic Office, and the Wizengamot and Wizengamot Administration Services.

Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. This department is responsible for repairing accidental magical damage. Known departments within are; Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, Obliviator Headquarters, Muggle-Worthy Excuse committee, Invisibility Task Force, Muggle Liaison Office.

Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. The second largest department in the Ministry. The known departments are; Beast Division, Being Division, Spirit Division, Goblin Liaison Office, Centaur Liaison Office, Pest Advisory Board, Office of Misinformation.

Department of International Magical Cooperation. This is the agency concerned with foreign affairs that attempts to get wizards from different countries to cooperate in wizarding actions both political and public. They work closely with the Department of Magical Games and Sports. Known departments include; International Magical Trading Standards Body, International Magical Office of Law, Foreign Affairs and Sports Department and International Confederation of Wizards.

Department of Magical Transportation. This department is responsible for the aspects of magical transport. Known departments include; Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office, and Apparition Test Centre.

Department of Magical Games and Sports. This department deals with organizing sporting events like the Quidditch World Cup. Known departments within include; British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club and Ludicrous Patents Office.

The Atrium. The Atrium is a place that serves as both a lobby and reception area to welcome visitors and employees to the Ministry of Magic. Locations within the Atrium include; Lobby and Reception Area, Fountain of Magical Brethren, Security Desk, Ministry Munchies Cafe, Lifts, and Magical Maintenance.

Department of Mysteries. A section of the Ministry that carries out confidential research involving particular enigmas and stores copies of prophecies. The wizards that work within this department are known as Unspeakables. Various Chambers within are the Brain Room, Space Chamber, Death Chamber, Time Room, Hall of Prophecy, and the Love Chamber.

ARTIFACT ACCIDENTS.
They deal with a number of accidents on the ground floor, including broom crashes, cauldron explosions, and wand backfiring.

CREATURE-INDUCED INJURIES.
On this floor, they deal with everything from your standard bites, stings, and burns, to even werewolf attacks. There is even a dangerous ward; entitled the Dai Llewellyn ward.

MAGICAL BUGS.
On this floor, they deal with magical bugs such as vanishing sickness, scrofungulus, and dragon pox; generally the more contagious side of illnesses

POTION AND PLANT POISONING.
As the name suggests, thousands of poisonings from potions and plants are dealt with here. Some of the symptoms include rashes, regurgitation and uncontrollable giggling.

SPELL DAMAGE.
Unfortunately, this floor has a lot of residents, some permanent. Spell damage includes, but does not limit itself to hexes, incorrectly applied charms, unliftable jinxes, and more.

The Graveyards of Wizarding London, located close to Diagon Alley, is the home of all deceased wizards and witches. The gates close at eleven pm and reopen at eight am

All non-muggles should stay away, unless possessed by the desire to be burned. Muggles wander freely through the bustling streets of seventeenth-century London.

The Quidditch Stadium brings together Quidditch teams from all around the world to compete in the World Cup.

A village in the West Country of England. It is a small community, which centres on a village square with only a church, a post office, a pub, and a few retail shops. The residential streets are lined with quaint cottages. The graveyard is rumored to be haunted. This is a muggle and magical community.

It used to belong to the Blacks and was well known as the black house then after the death of Sirius Black's mother, the house was taken over by Sirius Black and used as a hideout for him and also as a headquarter for the order members. After Sirius black's death, the house was given to Harry Potter according to the will of Sirius Black and now it is occupied by the Potter Boy after the Great Battle of Hogwarts and now this place is a house of the Potters . Hidden by a charm, the muggles and even many wizards and witches do not see this home. It is hidden between man muggle homes, and it moves in and out unnoticed. Magical isnt it? Potters well deserve it!

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