A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

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

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

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

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

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

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

The largest underground church in Europe.

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

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

This fascinating abbey is considered the oldest monastery in the region.

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

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.