Le Puy, France
Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle)
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
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Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Lyon, France
A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Ghosts of France's colonial past.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Paris, France
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Amboise, France
The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.
Paris, France
The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France
The largest underground church in Europe.