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Colmar Statue of Liberty

Colmar, France

Statue of Liberty, Colmar

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

Gorges de Toull Goulig

Lanrivain, France

Gorges de Toull Goulig

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

Treguennec Pebble Crusher

Tréguennec, France

Treguennec Pebble Crusher

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

early morning on the Argentière Glacier

Chamonix, France

Argentière Glacier

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

Joan of Arc.

Reims, France

Joan of Arc Statue

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

Fort of Ratonneau

Marseille, France

Fort of Ratonneau

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

The pathway connecting Saint-Malo to Grand Bé.

Saint-Malo, France

Grand Bé

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Demons portrayed in the stained-glass windows of Strasbourg Cathedrals.

Strasbourg, France

Stained-Glass Demons

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

The School Where Germany Surrendered

Reims, France

The School Where Germany Surrendered

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Saint-Pierre, France

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

L'île Penotte Seashell Art

Les Sables-d'Olonne, France

L'île Penotte Seashell Art

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

Le Raincy, France

Notre Dame du Raincy

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

The Well of Hell.

Le Château-d'Olonne, France

Le Puits d'Enfer (The Well of Hell)

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

L'œil de la Sorcière (The Witch’s Eye)

Thann, France

L'œil de la Sorcière (The Witch’s Eye)

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

Musée d’Anatomie de Montpellier

Montpellier, France

Musée d’Anatomie de Montpellier

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

Château d'Abbadie

Hendaye, France

Château d'Abbadie

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

le téléscaphe in the 60s

Marseille, France

Le Téléscaphe

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Le Village des Automates

Saint-Cannat, France

Le Village des Automates

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

An abandoned blockhouse.

Capbreton, France

Capbreton Blockhouses

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

Tuc d'Audoubert
Permanently Closed

Montesquieu-Avantès, France

Tuc d'Audoubert

15,000 year old bison sculptures.

The boat cemetery.

Saint-Malo, France

Quelmer Boat Graveyard

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

Eze-sur-mer seen from the Nietzsche path.

Èze, France

Nietzsche's Path

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Mantin House

Moulins, France

Mantin House

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

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