This might be interest-specific, but you're not too far from Oradour-sur-Glane. The townsfolk were slaughtered during the war and the village has been left pretty much untouched as a memorial. It featured in the opening scenes of the excellent 70's series, The World at War.
Oradour-sur-Glane Or south to Cognac or north to Tours and the chateaux on the Loire.