A bronze memorial to Tallinn’s most famous, and most elusive, stray dog, erected while he was still alive.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

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

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

This unassuming sculpture depicts grandfather of science fiction Jules Verne and his brother as children.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

A French museum of wrought iron.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

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

Two ancient yew trees with a chapel and an altar built inside their hollow trunks.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

Rainbow arches made of shipping containers grace the entrance to one of France's largest seaports.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.

The Jardin d'Étretat is populated by over-sized raindrop sculptures that make funny faces at visitors.

Impressive spectacle of how a bunker can land on a beach and resist mother nature for the years that have passed since WWII.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.