The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

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

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

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

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

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

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

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.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.