Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

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

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

More than 140 granite sculptures decorate the lawn of this French sculptor.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.

The tombstone of an unfortunate explorer who disappeared in the Paris Catacombs.

A miniature Corsican village built out of pebbles.

At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.

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

One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.