This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

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

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

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

A village of art and exotic creations.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

15,000 year old bison sculptures.

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

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

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

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.