An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

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

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

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

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

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

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

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

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

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

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

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."