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PatrickZRH

German guy based in Zurich, travelling all over.

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Le Musee des Moulages

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Added by CPilgrim

Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Delphine

Added by Delphine

Musée de la Contrefaçon

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Added by mbison

L'Atelier des Lumières (Workshop of Light)

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Added by daryleconners

Musée du quai Branly (Quai Branly Museum)

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Oradour-sur-Glane, France

Oradour

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Added by ed phillis

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

Marseille, France

Château d'If

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

Traboules Secret Passages

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Clermont-Ferrand, France

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Allison

Added by Allison

Aigues-Mortes, France

Salin Aigues-Mortes

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

SamM

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

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Douaumont Ossuary

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

La Tete Carrée Library

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

serflac

Added by serflac

Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France

Pont d'Arc

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

The Rue Obscure

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

Luis Morato

Added by Luis Morato

Théoule-sur-Mer, France

Pierre Cardin's Bubble House

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

serflac

Added by serflac

Pont-en-Royans, France

Suspended Houses of Pont-en-Royans

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Added by tracydane

Ancient Roman Theaters of Lyon

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Montségur, France

Château de Montségur

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

walarok

Added by walarok

Albi Cathedral

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

SamM

Souzay-Champigny, France

Parcours Troglodytique

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Kellee Kovalsky

Added by Kellee Kovalsky

Couëron, France

House in the Loire

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Zone Rouge

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell