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

This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

Perfume museum and library.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

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

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

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

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

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

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

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.