The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

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

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

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

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

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

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

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