This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

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

The world's most famous cheese caves.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

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.

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

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Perfume museum and library.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

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.

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

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

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

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