The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

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.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

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

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

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

A total of 22 tiny bridges cross this canal of the Yvette River, forming a unique trail.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.