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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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

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

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.