How this choice of tombstone came to be is still a mystery.

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

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

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.