A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

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

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.