On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

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

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.