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

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

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

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.