Chartres, France
La Maison Picassiette
A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
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Chartres, France
A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Paris, France
A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
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.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Paris, France
The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Chartres, France
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Paris, France
BDSM, 1930s Style.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Paris, France
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.