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

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

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

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

This mysterious sculpture was thought to symbolize a world ravaged by misery.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

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

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

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

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

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

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

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

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.