This pair of statues commemorates a once-widespread carnival tradition of blowing on each other’s butts with bellows.

What at first glance appears to be an ordinary house is in fact a work of art by Russian artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.

This housing estate commissioned by a local sugar magnate was an early project by influential architect Le Corbusier.

This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.

Two very different statues celebrate the literary legacy of this medieval Dordogne town.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.

A Roman amphitheatre turned meeting spot for witches.

This modern district offers a stark contrast to Bordeaux's terrace-lined squares and waterfront façades.

A journey through the history of medicine throughout the centuries.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.

This feat of diesel-powered engineering enabled boats to bypass a series of five locks.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.