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Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

More than 140 granite sculptures decorate the lawn of this French sculptor.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

Grottoes, sculptures, and recycled ceramics permeate what was once just a small farm in France.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.