Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.

Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.

The formerly unmarked grave of the noted Black American painter, who was a friend to James Baldwin.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.

This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

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

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

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

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.

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