This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

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

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints, with a little help from Paris.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.