For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.