This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

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.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

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

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

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

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

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

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.