Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Webcam that broadcast the hatching of Bald Eagles to millions of viewers.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.