This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.

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

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

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

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

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

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

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

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

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

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

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

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.