Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
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Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Saint-Nazaire, France
These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Tirana, Albania
In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
Tirana, Albania
What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?
Taizé, France
A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.
Lourdes, France
Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France
Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
Etsaut, France
This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Paris, France
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
Paris, France
The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Paris, France
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Paris, France
Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.
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
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.