Montreal, Québec
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.
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Montreal, Québec
Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.
Morne-A-l'Eau, Guadeloupe
At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
French Guiana
An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Capbreton, France
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
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.
Bordeaux, France
This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Bordeaux, France
Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Paris, France
During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.
Paris, France
This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.
Paris, France
A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.