The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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