The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

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

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

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

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

Spain's stunning solar energy plant.

The world's largest wooden structure.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.