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Châteaudun, France

Cimetière du Champdé

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.
Chamonix, France

Argentière Glacier

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.
Couëron, France

House in the Loire

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

Capbreton Blockhouses

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
Chambourcy, France

The Désert de Retz

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.
Angoulême, France

Galarie D'Art Park

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.
Monbalen, France

Club 47

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.
Strasbourg, France

Strasbourg Cathedral's Antique Graffiti

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.
Castellane, France

Mandarom

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.
Yviers, France

La Bohème

The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.
Tarascon, France

Tarasque

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.
Bugarach, France

Bugarach

Small French town or alien garage?
Taingy, France

Carrière d'Aubigny

This former limestone quarry is now a subterranean wonderland of grand stonework.
Cluny, France

Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny Abbey)

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.
Plouha, France

Dance of Death at Chapelle Kermaria an Iskuit

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.
Vézelay, France

La Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

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

La Maison à Vaisselle Cassée

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.
Bouée, France

Villa Cheminée

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.
Paris, France

Fountain of Innocents

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France

Fort Louvois

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, France

Fontevraud Abbey

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.
Marseille, France

Fort of Ratonneau

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.
Arles, France

Arles Amphitheatre

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.
Pont-Saint-Esprit, France

The Hallucinations of Pont-Saint-Esprit

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?