During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.