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

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

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

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

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

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

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

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

This impressive former palace contains a hidden gem for fans of modern sculpture.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.