Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

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

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

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.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

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

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

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

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

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

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

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

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

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

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

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

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

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.