The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.

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

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

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

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

One man's fifteen-year diversion lead to a garden of intriguing sculptures.

This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

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

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.