Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

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

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

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 Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

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

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

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

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

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

The narrowest street in Paris.