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

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

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

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

A total of 22 tiny bridges cross this canal of the Yvette River, forming a unique trail.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

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.

Perfume museum and library.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.