An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Fur-lined metal pod dangling in the French countryside.

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

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

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

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

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

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

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

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

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

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

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.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.