Menton, France
Fête du Citron
Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.
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Menton, France
Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.
Montpellier, France
100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.
Montpellier, France
This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Paris, France
This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Paris, France
The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Saint-Étienne, France
An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Lyon, France
Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.