Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

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

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

More than 140 granite sculptures decorate the lawn of this French sculptor.

Whether hero or rogue, his silver bullet is said to have taken down the murderous "Beast of Gevaudan."

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

The largest underground church in Europe.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.