To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

A French museum of wrought iron.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

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.

18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...

Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

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

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

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

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

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

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

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

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.