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

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

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

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

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

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The massive steel ring looks like it could be China’s first Stargate.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.