This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Thanks to a clever legal loophole, this mountainside wine shop sells a hybrid cuvée that's been outlawed for nearly a century.

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

A curious collection of locks and keys.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

This 5,000-year-old tomb once had its own hinged door.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

A total of 22 tiny bridges cross this canal of the Yvette River, forming a unique trail.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.