A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.