Raiatea, French Polynesia
Marae Taputapuātea
This sacred enclave was once considered the religious center of Eastern Polynesia.
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Raiatea, French Polynesia
This sacred enclave was once considered the religious center of Eastern Polynesia.
Limoux, France
A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.
Paris, France
For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.
Paris, France
A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.
Paris, France
A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.
Bastia, France
A 15th-century Corsican chapel that possesses a rare Catholic monument: a "Scala Santa," or "Holy Stairs."
Nice, France
This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.
Orniac, France
An unusual, funny and fantastic open air museum.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."
Nontron, France
This pair of statues commemorates a once-widespread carnival tradition of blowing on each other’s butts with bellows.
Gueux, France
A road that ends in the middle of a farmer’s field is one of the only remnants of this once-famous racetrack.
Bordeaux, France
These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
A coastal French town said to have been visited by Jesus' disciples is a major pilgrimage center for Catholic Romanis.
Créteil, France
A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.
Chamonix, France
Every year, a sparkling cave is sculpted in the icy heart of a glacier.
Paris, France
This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.
Les Eyzies, France
Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.
Èze, France
Hilltop garden on the site of an old fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Dunkerque, France
A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.
Paris, France
A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, France
Legend says St. Mary Magdalene spent her final 30 years in a secluded mountain cave.
Paris, France
A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.
Éguilles, France
Hidden away in the heart of the village is the curated plant world of contemporary artist Max Sauze.