Year: 2013

Cemetery of the Dogs

Discover Cemetery of the Dogs in Asnières-sur-Seine, France: The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

36 Rue Saint Sulpice

Discover 36 Rue Saint Sulpice in Paris, France: An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Musée de l’Absinthe

Discover Musée de l'Absinthe in Auvers-sur-Oise, France: One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte.".

The One-Two-Two

Discover The One-Two-Two in Paris, France: This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

Suspended Houses of Pont-en-Royans

Discover Suspended Houses of Pont-en-Royans in Pont-en-Royans, France: These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Musée Miniature et Cinéma

Discover Musée Miniature et Cinéma in Lyon, France: Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral

Discover Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France: The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Arago Medallions

Discover Arago Medallions in Paris, France: 135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Musée National de la Marine

Discover Musée National de la Marine in Paris, France: Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem

Discover The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem in Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France: Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Jules Verne’s Tomb

Discover Jules Verne's Tomb in Amiens, France: Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Cabinet of Joseph Bonnier de La Mosson

Discover Cabinet of Joseph Bonnier de La Mosson in Paris, France: Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Pont Valentre

Discover Pont Valentre in Cahors, France: A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

Discover The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France: Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical.".

Le Chabanais

Discover Le Chabanais in Paris, France: A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

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