This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

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

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

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

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

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

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

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 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.

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

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

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.