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Noisy-sur-École, France

Les Sables du Cul du Chien

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

tomak

La Mer de Rochers

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

ArchiTiti

Added by ArchiTiti

Saint-Malo, France

Rock Sculptures of Abbe Foure

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Madiha Bataineh

Added by Madiha Bataineh

Dives-sur-Mer, France

La Maison Bleue

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

serflac

Added by serflac

Roquevaire, France

Maison de celle-qui-peint

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

bboas

Machecoul, France

Château de Machecoul

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

Added by Abidougou

Dolmen de Bagneux

A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.

serflac

Added by serflac

Les Trois-Moutiers, France

Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

Japi14

Added by Japi14

Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France

Ruins of Abbey of Saint-Evroul

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

Chris ExploreNowOrNever

Added by Chris ExploreNowOrNever

Gue(ho)st House

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France

Fort Boyard

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

serflac

Added by serflac

El Clan Destino

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

Added by historynerdxl

Mundolingua

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

Handsome Dan

Added by Handsome Dan

'Tower'

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

Scarlettrobins

Added by Scarlettrobins

Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Carrières de Lumières

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

agiel

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

Carriere Wellington Tunnels

An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France

Collégiale de Saint-Bonnet-Le-Château

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

Cinémathèque Française

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

Carlos Sousa

Added by Carlos Sousa

The Magic Owl of Dijon

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Added by blocholivier1

Toulouse, France

Church of the Jacobins' Little Crushed Man

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

DisForDefeat

Added by DisForDefeat

Cunégonde et Malabar

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

bboas

Provins, France

Le Roy Lire

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Carnoët, France

Vallée des Saints (Valley of the Saints)

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