One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

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.

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

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

One man's fifteen-year diversion lead to a garden of intriguing sculptures.

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

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.