The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

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

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

These unique markers designate the route American forces took during the Liberation of France.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

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

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

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

Two versions of Pegasus Bridge remind us of the opening shots of D-day.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.