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Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

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

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.