Belfort, France
The Lion of Belfort
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
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Belfort, France
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Rennes-le-Château, France
French commune at the heart of conspiracies.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Firminy, France
This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Thiers, France
The history of knife-making in this French city is explored through this museum.
Mervans, France
Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?
Dijon, France
This tank participated in the liberation of Dijon from Nazi occupation.
Beaune, France
These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.
La Boulaye, France
On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
Orschwiller, France
The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Hunawihr, France
Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.
Dijon, France
For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.
Albania
Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Lyon, France
Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.
Arumpo, Australia
Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.