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

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

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

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

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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.

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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.