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Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

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

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

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

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.