A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

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

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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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