Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

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

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.