In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.

This charming, flower-filled, paved cul-de-sac is filled with artists' studio-houses built in the 1920s.

This ancient Roman town was revered for the healing waters of its sacred spring.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

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

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

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

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

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

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

The site where two doves fell in love.