Bordeaux, France
Miroir d'eau
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
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Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
La Teste-de-Buch, France
Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.
Le Château-d'Olonne, France
This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.
Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Nantes, France
A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Rennes, France
Like the monarchs in its home country, this sculpture keeps losing its head.
St Helier, Jersey
A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.
St Mary, Jersey
This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.
Paimpont, France
Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.