This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

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

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.