This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

The prolific artwork of a self-taught sculptor.

The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.

This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.

The deserted remains of a luxury hotel turned hospital ward.

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

Designed in the Romanesque style, this structure was once a fortress monastery.

Sanctuary on a ridge near an ancient shrine to a "Black Madonna" built by the founder of Opus Dei.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

Open since 1977, this small museum is filled with a lifetime of finds from a tireless traveler and collector.

An enormous collection of cars, figurines, signs, puppets, strollers and other collectibles.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

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

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

Celebrate the end of the Great French Wine Blight with a festival of kissing.