Alliat, France
Niaux Cave Paintings
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
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Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Arles, France
This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Roubaix, France
Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies, France
Beautiful carved tunnels.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Civrieux-d'Azergues, France
The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Amboise, France
The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.