Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
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Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Paris, France
The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.
Paris, France
A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.
Larmor-Baden, France
One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
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.
Auray, France
A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Plussulien, France
This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.
Carnoët, France
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.
Lanrivain, France
One of the last Breton ossuaries still preserving the bones of the dead.
Lanrivain, France
A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.
Paris, France
This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.
Paris, France
This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.
Paris, France
A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.
Paris, France
Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.
Paris, France
Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.
Paris, France
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.
Paris, France
The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.
Paris, France
Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.
Paris, France
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Paris, France
This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.
Paris, France
Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.