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

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

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

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

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

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

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.