This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

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

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

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

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

From Carthage's Hannibal to riders of the Tour de France, many have crossed this scenic route through the Alps.

The smallest chapel in Europe is a moving testament to the love between a husband and wife.

When the tide is high, you can see the Atlantic pushing up through a deep, jagged hole in the rock.

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.