Rustrel, France
Ochre Quarry in Colorado Provençal
One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.
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Rustrel, France
One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Leffrinckoucke, France
These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies, France
Beautiful carved tunnels.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Lyon, France
Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Paris, France
This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.
Chevilly-Larue, France
Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.
Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Chamonix, France
An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.
Paris, France
A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.