According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

Built in 1347, this belfry is one of the oldest in the world and survived intense bombing during World War I.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

This mysterious sculpture was thought to symbolize a world ravaged by misery.

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

Whether hero or rogue, his silver bullet is said to have taken down the murderous "Beast of Gevaudan."

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

More than 140 granite sculptures decorate the lawn of this French sculptor.

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

A miniature Corsican village built out of pebbles.

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.

The largest refracting telescope in Europe is housed on the grounds of a former French castle.

Live-in sculpture begun by one family in 1979.

This 5,000-year-old tomb once had its own hinged door.

This fascinating abbey is considered the oldest monastery in the region.

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

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

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.