These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

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

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

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

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

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.