The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Once the hottest nightclub in France, Amnesia now lies in ruins after a 2000 bombing.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

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

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.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

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

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

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

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

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

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.