Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

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

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

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

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

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

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

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