This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

Live-in sculpture begun by one family in 1979.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.

A miniature Corsican village built out of pebbles.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

This hidden workshop is filled with molds of France's most iconic sculptures.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.