One of my favorite things about all the awesome castles in France is their super awesome gardens like this. I only have a couple examples online, but:

https://flickr.com/photos/amatecha/31188202017/

https://flickr.com/photos/amatecha/45215830245/

As if it wasn't cool enough to explore all the amazing castles themselves, their properties are usually basically works of art. I have to wonder how it would be to live in a residence like that for one's life. Super cool.

30 years work of one man

blink, blink, it's not a render!, blink

there is a school of philosophy that proposes the idea that humans primary purpose is as landscape architects, which this man work lends credence to