Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

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.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

Small French town or alien garage?

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

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

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

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

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.