A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

This seaside property, an example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style, was designed to embody the curves of a great ship.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

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

A small collection of objects of a bygone era hide in plain view.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

Explore the five senses depicted on this protruding Gothic window.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath