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

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.