1)
The beautiful 2)
Gothic cathedral 3)
at Reims.
I first saw some video footage of this in World History class a few weeks ago, and I'm absolutely in love with it. I've seen pictures of monuments, and I've seen actual monuments, and I've usually said "meh" to them. Okay, they're big and/or old and/or historic. Wonderful. But something about Gothic cathedrals really strikes a nerve in me, and the cathedral at Reims is the most stunning and beautiful one I've seen. Someday I'm going to make a pilgrimage to France, and take a long look at some cathedrals. It's sort of amazing... it's like a testament to the human spirit that such beautiful things could have come out of a time period in which there was constant plague, famine, war, death, et cetera. SQUEE!
*goose bumpy*
Also,
Notre Dame,
Chartres, and
Mont Saint Michel because they're all stunning and highly recommended.