Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

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

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.