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Visit an artist's studio in a castle, discover chapels within the trunk of a medieval oak tree, pour Calvados on a grave in the village of Camembert, pay your respects at the site of scores of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, decipher the alchemical decorations at Hôtel d'Escoville in Caen, examine a historic pool for washing horses, seek the work of a Freemason architect in Rouen cathedral ...

Michelle Young is the founder of Untapped Cities, a web magazine about urban discovery and exploration. She is a graduate of Harvard College in the history of art and architecture and holds a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she is an adjunct professor. She is the author of New York: Hidden Bars & Restaurants for Jonglez publishing and Broadway (published by Arcadia). Michelle lives in Brooklyn.

Augustin Pasquet is the co-owner of Untapped Cities and manages business development and tours. He has lived in Nigeria, Switzerland and Thailand and currently lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He previously worked for L'Oreal in sales and marketing for seven years. Augustin spends his off-time traveling, taking pictures with his Canon 5D camera or his rapidly increasing Lomo collection.