The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

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

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

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.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

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

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.