Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

A French museum of wrought iron.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

Small French town or alien garage?

The somewhat misnamed 'Garden of Shells' lovingly built from found objects.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

This former limestone quarry is now a subterranean wonderland of grand stonework.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

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

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

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

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

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

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.