This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

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

A village of art and exotic creations.

A garden of massive sculptures sits in Jean Lindard's backyard.

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

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

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

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

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.

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

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

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

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

One of the most notorious leaders of the French Revolution once lived here.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.