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

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

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

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

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

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

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