Paris, France
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.
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Paris, France
Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.
Paris, France
With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Paris, France
A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.
Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Les Trois-Moutiers, France
A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Deyme, France
The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Roubaix, France
Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.
Lyon, France
Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies, France
Beautiful carved tunnels.
Paris, France
The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.
Paris, France
Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.
Civrieux-d'Azergues, France
The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.