The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

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

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The largest underground church in Europe.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.