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

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

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

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A controversial blue hoop has been puzzling freeway drivers since 2013.

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

One of the last remaining buildings from one of Calgary's earliest businesses.

A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.