Salses-le-Château, France
Château de Salses
This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.
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Salses-le-Château, France
This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.
Monbalen, France
An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.
Cluny, France
One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.
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A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.
La Ferté-sur-Chiers, France
This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.
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Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.
Savonnières, France
Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.
Paris, France
For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.
Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Le Raincy, France
1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.
Paris, France
Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.
Sollacaro, France
This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.
Louviers, France
A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.
Celles, France
Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Tréguennec, France
The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.
Loches, France
Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.
Bavay, France
These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.
Angles-sur-l'Anglin, France
Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.
Achères-la-Forêt, France
A village of art and exotic creations.