Year: 2014

Plan de Phazy

Discover Plan de Phazy in Risoul, France: Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

Musée Fragonard

Discover Musée Fragonard in Maisons-Alfort, France: The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

World’s Oldest Basketball Court

Discover World's Oldest Basketball Court in Paris, France: Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

Pont d’Arc

Discover Pont d'Arc in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France: A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams.".

Serpent D’Océan

Discover Serpent D'Océan in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France: An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

La Tete Carrée Library

Discover La Tete Carrée Library in Nice, France: This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Saint-Paul de Mausole

Discover Saint-Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France: The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Maison de Serge Gainsbourg

Discover Maison de Serge Gainsbourg in Paris, France: The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Le Comptoir Général

Discover Le Comptoir Général in Paris, France: This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Le Passe-Muraille

Discover Le Passe-Muraille in Paris, France: This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Flame of Liberty

Discover Flame of Liberty in Paris, France: This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

La Conciergerie

Discover La Conciergerie in Paris, France: This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Le Musee des Moulages

Discover Le Musee des Moulages in Paris, France: A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The Last Original Standard Metre

Discover The Last Original Standard Metre in Paris, France: An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Musée de la Vie Romantique

Discover Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris, France: Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

La REcyclerie

Discover La REcyclerie in Paris, France: This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

House of Nicolas Flamel

Discover House of Nicolas Flamel in Paris, France: The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Montmartre Cemetery

Discover Montmartre Cemetery in Paris, France: A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Coloso

Discover Coloso in Villa Martelli, Argentina: This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

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To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 135 v
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