Places toocanvan Wants to Go

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

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

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.

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.

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

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

Rainbow arches made of shipping containers grace the entrance to one of France's largest seaports.

Since the Middle Ages, this stone has been used as a place to bless fishing boats moored at the nearby landing stage.

This mural honoring a drowned village has become a symbol of Welsh pride and patriotism.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

This Welsh dockyard was the site of the not-so-secret construction of the Millennium Falcon for the original Star Wars trilogy.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.

The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

A wooden statue of a mermaid commemorates one fisherman's generosity.