The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Grottoes, sculptures, and recycled ceramics permeate what was once just a small farm in France.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

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

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.