Ars-en-Ré, France
Oyster Vending Machine
For those late-night mollusk cravings.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ars-en-Ré, France
For those late-night mollusk cravings.
Saint-Malo, France
Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.
Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France
This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.
Paris, France
The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Bonnieux, France
From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.
Paris, France
The final resting place of the "father of special effects."
Milly-la-Forêt, France
Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.
Rennes-le-Château, France
French commune at the heart of conspiracies.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Valenciennes, France
This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Tucson, Arizona
An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.