Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

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

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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 Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.