An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

During the 17th-century, orphaned infants were placed in this barrel to be cared for by the hospital.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

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

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.