Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

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

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

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

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.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

The final resting place for a wealthy Roman family, this tomb might be the best preserved of its kind outside Italy.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.