This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The ruins of a monumental tower in the heart of Lebanese mountains still puzzle archeologists.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.