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

Grottoes, sculptures, and recycled ceramics permeate what was once just a small farm in France.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.

Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

Perfume museum and library.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

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

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

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

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.