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

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.