A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

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

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

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

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

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

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