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This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This anatomical sculpture raises awareness about violence against women and promotes gender equality.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

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

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

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

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.