This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

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

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.