An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

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

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.

Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

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

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.