Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

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

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

A French museum of wrought iron.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

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

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

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