A modest statue dedicated to Pierre Bayle, a young military drummer who willingly fought and died for his beloved France.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

This massive and eclectic collection is filled with thousands of sculptures, masks, and assemblages.

An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.

Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

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

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

Perfume museum and library.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.