The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

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

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

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

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

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

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

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

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

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

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

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

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

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