A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.

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

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.