A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

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

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

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

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

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

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.

The southernmost toilet in the British Isles.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

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.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.