Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

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

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

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

BDSM, 1930s Style.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

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.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

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

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

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

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.