This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.