This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

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

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

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

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

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.