A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

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

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

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

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

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.