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

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

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

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

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

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

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

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

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

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

Beautiful carved tunnels.

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

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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