This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

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

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

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.