Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

The largest underground church in Europe.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

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

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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.