A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

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

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

Whether hero or rogue, his silver bullet is said to have taken down the murderous "Beast of Gevaudan."

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

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

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

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

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

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

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

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.