A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

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

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

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

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

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

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

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.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.