The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.

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

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

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

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.