The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

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

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

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

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.