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agboe

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Places visited in Rennes-le-Château, France

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Stockport, England

Winter's Clock

Three mechanical figures—a soldier, a sailor, and Father Time—announce the time on this local landmark.

Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

Alet-les-Bains, France

L'église de Saint-Salvayre

This mysterious church sits discreetly above the Aude countryside, right in the heart of "Grail Country."

Bollington, England

White Nancy

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

Bagnères-de-Luchon, France

Bust of Edmond Rostand

The writer of 'Cyrano De Bergerac' found inspiration in this Pyrennes spa town.

Musée des Automates

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

Stockport, England

Plaza Theatre

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

Stockport, England

Strawberry Studios

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

Stockport, England

Stockport Air Disaster Memorial

Remembering the 72 passengers who lost their lives in 1967 airplane wreck.

Manchester, England

'Journey'

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

Stockport, England

Where The Mersey Rises

The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.

Tourreilles, France

Le Petit Tambour

A modest statue dedicated to Pierre Bayle, a young military drummer who willingly fought and died for his beloved France.

Rennes-le-Château, France

The Blue Apples Of Rennes-le-Château

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

Bélesta, France

Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes

Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.