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Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

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

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

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

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

This place bears witness to the loss of many lives during WWII, and stands in stark contrast to the American Cemetery.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

From Carthage's Hannibal to riders of the Tour de France, many have crossed this scenic route through the Alps.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.