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

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

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

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

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

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

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

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

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

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

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

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

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.

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

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

The walls of these four caverns are filled with art that dates back to the earliest human presence in Europe.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

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

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.