A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

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

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

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

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

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

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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