Paris, France
Le Comptoir Général
This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.
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Paris, France
This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.
Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.
Paris, France
A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Paris, France
This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.
Paris, France
This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.
Paris, France
An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The room where Vincent van Gogh died.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."
Haute-Isle, France
The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.
Vernon, France
A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Amiens, France
A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France
A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.
Lille, France
This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Roubaix, France
Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.