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

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

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.