A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.