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

This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

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

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

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

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.