Sauve, France
La Mer de Rochers
This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.
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Sauve, France
This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.
Montpellier, France
100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.
Bollène, France
Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.
Toulouse, France
There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Arles, France
This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France
Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.
Nébias, France
Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.
Deyme, France
The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.
Bar-le-Duc, France
Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France
An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France
A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Chartres, France
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Paris, France
Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.