The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

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

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

Small French town or alien garage?

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

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

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.