This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A French museum of wrought iron.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.

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

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

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

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.