The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

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.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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