Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

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

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

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

A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.

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