A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

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

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

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.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.