The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

Designed to mark the geographical center of France.

View one man's eccentric collection of nearly 5,000 corkscrews, then sip some Chablis.

Explore the art and history of intricate, hand-crafted tile designs at this small museum.

During the 17th-century, orphaned infants were placed in this barrel to be cared for by the hospital.

Despite the name, this ancient statue of uncertain origins is unlikely to represent the Roman goddess Venus.

This former cannon foundry and castle for the Counts of Flanders is now a public garden.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

The evocative ruins of a medieval village.

This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.

This massive and eclectic collection is filled with thousands of sculptures, masks, and assemblages.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

A bridge that dates back to the 12th century is said to have made the devil very angry.

An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.

Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

Since 1920, one small company has defined the distinctive chairs of Paris' sidewalk bistros.

Explore an eerie, abandoned medieval citadel.

Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.

Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

A bizarre sculpture garden in the south of France.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.