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

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

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

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

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

Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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

The world's most famous cheese caves.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

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

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