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

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

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

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

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

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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