Carnoët, France
Vallée des Saints (Valley of the Saints)
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.
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Carnoët, France
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.
Plougrescant, France
A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.
Plouha, France
Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.
Saint-Malo, France
On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.
Saint-Malo, France
Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.
Gatteville-le-Phare, France
A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
These unique markers designate the route American forces took during the Liberation of France.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Arromanches-les-Bains, France
Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.
Ranville, France
Two versions of Pegasus Bridge remind us of the opening shots of D-day.
Honfleur, France
This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.
Honfleur, France
One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Singapore
Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.