The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

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

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

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

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.