Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

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

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

Small French town or alien garage?

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

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

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

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

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

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

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

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.