A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Celebrate the end of the Great French Wine Blight with a festival of kissing.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

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

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

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

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

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

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

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

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

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.