Vézelay, France
La Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.
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Vézelay, France
This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.
Marseille, France
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
Cluny, France
One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
Lanrivain, France
A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.
Thann, France
The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The room where Vincent van Gogh died.
Saint-Malo, France
On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.
Bavay, France
These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.
Sollacaro, France
This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Savonnières, France
Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.
Marseille, France
A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.
Lille, France
This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.
Auvers Village, France
Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.
Bordeaux, France
Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
Chamonix, France
Trek up this glacier before it disappears.
Loches, France
Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Tréguennec, France
The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.
Hendaye, France
The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.