This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

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

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

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

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

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

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

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

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

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.