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Rows of glass demijohns of Rivesaltes.

Rivesaltes

This French fortified wine is left outside for a year, aging amid rain and swinging temperatures.

A watercolor painting of the iron cannons that make the ship's preservation tricky.

Scientists Have Found a New Way to Keep Shipwrecks in Shape

Step one: acquire magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.

Matthew Taub August 21, 2018

Permanently Closed

Pep's shop in Passage de l'Ancre, de St-Martin

Pep's Maison

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

These tiny models can include dozens of cannons on a single side.

Oxnard, California

Prisoner of War Bone Model Ships

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Inside the atelier.

Saint-Denis, France

Art Workshop of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux

This hidden workshop is filled with molds of France's most iconic sculptures.

The gold reliquary containing Anne of Brittany's heart in the Dobrée Museum.

The Brazen Heist of a Human Heart in a Solid Gold Casket

Stolen from a French museum, the artifact was recovered by police a week later.

Natasha Frost April 26, 2018

Cherry pie <em>à la mode</em>.

'À La Mode' Is a Lonely Survivor of a French Culinary Code

In America, à la Nesselrode and à la Maryland are à la gone.

Anne Ewbank April 24, 2018

These champagne bottles were last seen 118 years ago.

Found: 19th-Century Champagne Bottles in a Collapsed Cellar

"They’ll definitely be tasted, but we’re taking our time.”

Vittoria Traverso February 16, 2018

France's language police want "le smartphone" eradicated from the spoken and written word.

France's Ongoing Quest to Crush English Loanwords

Saying "adieu" to "le smartphone."

Natasha Frost January 15, 2018

A pig by Le Chateau de la Roche, in France's Loire Valley.

Toys Are Taking Vacations and Seeing the World (Without Their Owners)

A social media trend has spawned travel agencies and even passports—just for stuffies.

Vittoria Traverso November 3, 2017

Drift bottles have been used to study ocean currents for centuries.

The Lasting Magic of Drift Bottles

A man in France found a message-in-a-bottle from a student in North Carolina, and everybody loves it.

Vittoria Traverso October 10, 2017

The Scandalous Witch Hunt That Poisoned 17th-Century France

The Affair of the Poisons was one to remember.

Natasha Frost October 5, 2017

Puppet performance of “The Seven Ravens,” a German folk tale by the Brothers Grimm, in which a young girl travels the world to look for her seven brothers, who have been turned into ravens.

All the World's a Puppet Show at France's Biannual Festival

The international event's roots go back to a puppeteer who entertained kids during the Nazi occupation.

Vittoria Traverso September 22, 2017

Mmmmmm.

Science Serves Up the Secret to the Perfect Baguette

Who thinks it's a crispy crust?

Kelsey Kennedy May 18, 2017

Permanently Closed

James Baldwin's French home from the garden

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

James Baldwin's House in France

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.

<em>Gastronomical Map of France</em> by Jean François Tourcaty.

From Bordeaux to Brie, This Map Plots the Origin of Your Favorite French Food

This 1809 food map sought to prove that France was the culinary leader of the world.

Mariana Zapata December 19, 2016

A Massive Amount of Cocaine Was Found at a French Coca-Cola Plant

The original recipe, as it were.

Erik Shilling August 31, 2016

The Incredible Chevalier d'Eon, Who Left France as a Male Spy and Returned as a Christian Woman

Celebrity, scandal, tell-all books, palace intrigue, political protest and more.

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie July 29, 2016