A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

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

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

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

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.

Thanks to a clever legal loophole, this mountainside wine shop sells a hybrid cuvée that's been outlawed for nearly a century.

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

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

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

Small French town or alien garage?

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