For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

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

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

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.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

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

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.