A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

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

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

These unique markers designate the route American forces took during the Liberation of France.

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

A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in an outsider art museum.

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

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

Celebrate the end of the Great French Wine Blight with a festival of kissing.

When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

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

Live-in sculpture begun by one family in 1979.

A miniature Corsican village built out of pebbles.

At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.