Paris, France
Rotary Love Hotel
A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.
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Paris, France
A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Paris, France
The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Arles, France
Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.
Charolles, France
An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.
Meslay-le-Grenet, France
A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.
Salon-de-Provence, France
The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Vizille, France
The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary, France
Whether hero or rogue, his silver bullet is said to have taken down the murderous "Beast of Gevaudan."
Saint-Omer, France
The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.
Hunawihr, France
Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.
Châteaudun, France
The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.
La Meignanne, France
At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.
Conques, France
The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Moux, France
The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.
Colmar, France
This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, France
Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.
Colmar, France
The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.