Angers, France
La Maison d'Adam (Adam's House)
A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.
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Angers, France
A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.
Cosswiller, France
One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.
Vaïssac, France
This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Marseille, France
For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.
Élancourt, France
France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France
Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.
Coussac-Bonneval, France
Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.
Lille, France
This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.
Mialet, France
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
Cheverny, France
The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.
Orschwiller, France
The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.
Tende, France
Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
Marseille, France
This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
Belfort, France
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Les Trois-Moutiers, France
A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.
Vernon, France
A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.
Leffrinckoucke, France
These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.
Aix-en-Provence, France
A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.
Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Arles, France
This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.