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Cossé-le-Vivien, France

Musee Robert Tatin

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Added by mbison
Amanlis, France

La Maison Sculptée

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Added by louvelvet
Saint-Malo, France

Grand Bé

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.
matthiasheinrich Added by matthiasheinrich
Saint-Malo, France

The Maison du Québec

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.
Sablais Added by Sablais
Saint-Malo, France

Rock Sculptures of Abbe Foure

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.
Madiha Bataineh Added by Madiha Bataineh
Beauvoir, France

Alligator Bay

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.
taotaoholmes Added by taotaoholmes
Dives-sur-Mer, France

La Maison Bleue

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.
serflac Added by serflac
Saint-Germain-des-Vaux, France

Port Racine

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.
marionswordfishtrombone Added by marionswordfishtrombone
Gouville-sur-Mer, France

Gouville-sur-Mer Beach Huts

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.
marionswordfishtrombone Added by marionswordfishtrombone
Pirou, France

Pirou-Plage Ghost Village

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.
Meg Added by Meg
Gatteville-le-Phare, France

Phare de Gatteville

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.
marionswordfishtrombone Added by marionswordfishtrombone
Cambridge, England

Fourwentways Bronze Age Cemetery

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.
Capemarsh Added by Capemarsh
Cambridge, England

Scott Polar Research Institute Museum & Library

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Cambridge, England

Corpus Clock & Chronophage

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
DrArroganto Added by DrArroganto
Cambridge, England

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
Lauren J Young Added by Lauren J Young
Cambridge, England

The Eagle

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Added by williamebrown
Cambridge, England

Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Josh Added by Josh
London, England

Tyburn Tree Marker

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
Added by leomcallister1984
London, England

St. Sepulchre's Execution Bell

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
London, England

Dirac Equation

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
Added by LandThrill
Paris, France

Paris Catacombs Golem

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Paris, France

Georges Méliès's Grave

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Paris, France

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
Chevilly-Larue, France

Rungis International Market

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.
Rohini Chaki Added by Rohini Chaki