Paris, France
L'Atelier des Lumières (Workshop of Light)
An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.
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Paris, France
An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.
Paris, France
The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.
Fontenay-en-Parisis, France
The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Pirou, France
An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Paris, France
Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
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.