Hogwarts

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the name of the school that Harry Potter and his little witch and wizard friends attend. It is a carefree place full of mischief and mayhem, plus the occasional murder. The students learn spells, charms, herbology, care of magical creatures, and many more magical things.

Most of the Hogwarts teachers are firm, but fair, with the exception of the nasty, but mysteriously alluring, Professor Snape. Headmaster Dumbledore is an amusingly wise old codger who loves candy and always has a twinkle in his eye. Hagrid, the groundskeeper, is a half-giant semi-retardate who talks funny.

The children send "post" (that's British for "mail" - they don't speak American at Hogwarts) by owls. Instead of baseball or football or even (God forbid) soccer, the sport played at Hogwarts is called Quidditch. It's sort of like a flying basketball, and Harry is the best at it.

Attending Hogwarts is currently one of Stephen Colbert's fantasies. Our Glorious Stephen clearly has a wizard thing.