There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."