Bordeaux, France
Miroir d'eau
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
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Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Paris, France
Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
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
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.
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
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.