A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

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

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

The largest underground church in Europe.

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

Designed in the Romanesque style, this structure was once a fortress monastery.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

This tunnel was built in order to protect the village of Daroca from flash floods during rainy seasons.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.