Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

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

Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

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

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

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

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

One man's fifteen-year diversion lead to a garden of intriguing sculptures.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.