This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

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

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.