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

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

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

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

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

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

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The largest underground church in Europe.

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

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

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.