The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

A French museum of wrought iron.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

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

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.