An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

Built in 1347, this belfry is one of the oldest in the world and survived intense bombing during World War I.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

Cloistered comestibles are served with style at this French Orthodox monastery.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

This mysterious sculpture was thought to symbolize a world ravaged by misery.

A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

Whether hero or rogue, his silver bullet is said to have taken down the murderous "Beast of Gevaudan."

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.