Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

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

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

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

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.

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

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Small French town or alien garage?

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.