Canterbury, England
Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.
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Canterbury, England
A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Aix-en-Provence, France
A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Paris, France
With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.
Apt, France
One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.
Marseille, France
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
Nice, France
An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.
Gémenos, France
A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.
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.
Dijon, France
For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.
Cluny, France
One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Metz, France
A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.
Larrivière-Saint-Savin, France
This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.
Paris, France
The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.
Amiens, France
A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.
Strasbourg, France
Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.
Paris, France
This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Valence-sur-Baïse, France
A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.
Paris, France
Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.