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.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

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

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.