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Musée Curie

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Indygenous

Added by Indygenous

Chapelle de la Santonne

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

Added by murasane

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

Saint-Paul de Mausole

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

easydistance

Added by easydistance

Saint-Omer, France

St. Erkembode's Tomb

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France

The Abode of Chaos

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

Cornimont, France

Museum of a Million and One Roots

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Fontenay-en-Parisis, France

Goussainville-Vieux Pays

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

orchidsheart42

Added by orchidsheart42

San Michele de Murato

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

SamM

Sollacaro, France

Filitosa

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

SamM

Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France

Jonas Caves

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

The Abandoned Village of Occi

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

SamM

Aigues-Mortes, France

Salin Aigues-Mortes

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

SamM

The Heart of Voltaire

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Dylan

Vézelay, France

La Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

taotaoholmes

Added by taotaoholmes

Minerve, France

Minerve, France

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Added by Facebook1535854831

Jumièges, France

Ruins of the Jumiège Abbey

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Added by Diviciac

Albi Cathedral

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

SamM

Creissels, France

Millau Viaduct

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Delphine

Added by Delphine

Jean Cocteau's Stained Glass Windows

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

Added by georgiefhj

Taizé Community

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

Added by millerwilbourn

Carnoët, France

Vallée des Saints (Valley of the Saints)

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

Hiiu Parish, Estonia

Hill of Crosses (Estonia)

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Västerås, Sweden

Utter Inn

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.