Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.