Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.