Paris, France
Musée des Plans-Reliefs
The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.
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Paris, France
The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Paris, France
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Amboise, France
The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.
Paris, France
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Lyon, France
A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Lyon, France
Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Jumièges, France
Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
Paris, France
This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.
Paris, France
The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.