The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.