Napoleon Bonaparte

In a narrow river valley just north of Beirut, Lebanon, is a chronicle of human history unlike anything else in the world.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

On the shores of Lake Laffrey, a monument commemorating one of Napoleon Bonaparte's most compelling victories.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The Siege of Naarden ended in 1814, but the cannonballs embedded in the town church remain.

A New Jersey state park that was once Napoleon's brother's sprawling estate.

A statue commemorating the island's tradition of dancing dwarves in Napoleon hats.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

The ruins of this medieval castle now stand as a monument against all wars.

The hilltop ruins of a border fortification in the Italian Alps that was much fought over.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.