An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

This hidden workshop is filled with molds of France's most iconic sculptures.

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

Grottoes, sculptures, and recycled ceramics permeate what was once just a small farm in France.

The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

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

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

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

Perfume museum and library.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.