Turin, Italy
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A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.
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Turin, Italy
A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.
Turin, Italy
This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Mialet, France
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?
Tarascon, France
Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.
Arles, France
A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.
Salon-de-Provence, France
The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.
Cadenet, France
This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.
Fréjus, France
This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.
Marseille, France
France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.
Marseille, France
This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Lourmarin, France
The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.
Marseille, France
A surprising relic of WWII, sitting boldly in a Marseille street.
Marseille, France
What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?
Aix-en-Provence, France
Balconies that have a most unusual accent.
Castellane, France
Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.
Monaco
This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.
Èze, France
This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Nice, France
The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.
Nice, France
An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.
Nice, France
A memorial to honor those who were killed in a Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.