Savonnières, France
Les Grottes Pétrifiantes
Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.
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Savonnières, France
Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Sauve, France
This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.
Montpellier, France
This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.
Chamonix, France
An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.
Haute-Isle, France
The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France
Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Marseille, France
A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.
Paris, France
The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France
The world's most famous cheese caves.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Saint-Malo, France
Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.
Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Oppède, France
These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.
Réotier, France
This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.
Paris, France
The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.
Avioth, France
A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.
Paris, France
The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.
Dénezé-sous-Doué, France
Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.
Belfort, France
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Nébias, France
Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.