Year: 2012

La Maison à Vaisselle Cassée

Discover La Maison à Vaisselle Cassée in Louviers, France: A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Le Village des Automates

Discover Le Village des Automates in Saint-Cannat, France: An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

Mantin House

Discover Mantin House in Moulins, France: French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

Pont Julien

Discover Pont Julien in Bonnieux, France: From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

La Cave aux Sculptures

Discover La Cave aux Sculptures in Dénezé-sous-Doué, France: Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.

Arles’s Cryptoporticous

Discover Arles's Cryptoporticous in Arles, France: A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

Francois Daneck’s Colonial Concept

Discover Francois Daneck's Colonial Concept in Saint-Ouen, France: Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

Musée des Plans-Reliefs

Discover Musée des Plans-Reliefs in Paris, France: The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Argonaute Submarine

Discover Argonaute Submarine in Paris, France: The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Discover Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier in Paris, France: Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Chez Christiane

Discover Chez Christiane in Paris, France: BDSM, 1930s Style.

Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens

Discover Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens in Paris, France: A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

La Chope des Puces: Temple of Gypsy Jazz

Discover La Chope des Puces: Temple of Gypsy Jazz in Saint-Ouen, France: An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Pierre Bazalgues Macabre Antique Stand

Discover Pierre Bazalgues Macabre Antique Stand in Saint-Ouen, France: Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

Remnants of the Paris Guillotine

Discover Remnants of the Paris Guillotine in Paris, France: Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Foucault’s Pendulum

Discover Foucault's Pendulum in Paris, France: 19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Jules Lavirotte’s 29 Avenue Rapp

Discover Jules Lavirotte's 29 Avenue Rapp in Paris, France: A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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