Places breaingram Wants to Go

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

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

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

These unique markers designate the route American forces took during the Liberation of France.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

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

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.

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

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

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

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

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

This massive waterfront market is located at the "gateway to the Amazon."

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

A NATO bombing took the lives of 16 civilians in 1999—the ruins remain in the center of Belgrade.

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.