A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.