Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

The French have graced our streets and shores with architectural wonders for hundreds of years.

From soaring gothic spires to ornate palaces, to goose-dough ifles towering feet of engineering

in the middle of Paris, France's architectural movements have influenced the world over,

which brings me to a man you might not have heard of, which is odd because for 25 years

he's been solely responsible for developing one of the largest cities in Europe.

Juley Trahean had a unique childhood.

From a very early age it was clear his brain was wired in a way that escaped the adults around him.

For example, he had perfect pitch and taught himself to play the bass.

His innate sense of numbers and mathematics allowed him to perform calculations off the top of his head

that most people needed calculators for.

And he could draw too.

Not stick figures or superheroes, but enormous buildings,

taking them from simple doodles to 3D structures with incredible accuracy.

Like Thomas Jefferson before him, Trahean was self-educated in the principles of architecture

and his knack for learning took him to great heights.

Literally, the city of Orville became the bustling metropolis it is now because of him.

Boasting a population of 12 million, Orville traces its roots back to the 12th century BC

when the city passed through the hands of the Romans to the Austro-Garths

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