WWI Zone Rouge In France

[Jenson71]

I've been to Verdun twice and its a rough town, like it never really could blossom after the war. The walls of the fort are up and there is a new museum dedicated to the Battle.

Outside of town you can tour Fort Douaumont ("Fort Dua-mo") and there's an incredible memorial nearby. From the outside of the memorial, you can peer into the windows and see the foundation of the memorial. It is stacked of skulls and bones of the dead. Chilling.

I doubt you could drive 25 miles in Northeast France without coming across a WWI battlefield, cemetary, or shrine.