Once the hottest nightclub in France, Amnesia now lies in ruins after a 2000 bombing.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

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

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This private museum is packed with 20th-century traffic and technology artifacts.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

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

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.