Year: 2015

La Mer de Rochers

Discover La Mer de Rochers in Sauve, France: This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

The Abandoned Village of Occi

Discover The Abandoned Village of Occi in Lumio, France: Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

The Ruins of Oppede-le-Vieux

Discover The Ruins of Oppede-le-Vieux in Oppède, France: These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

Leffrinckoucke Bunkers

Discover Leffrinckoucke Bunkers in Leffrinckoucke, France: These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

Goussainville-Vieux Pays

Discover Goussainville-Vieux Pays in Fontenay-en-Parisis, France: The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

Jean-Paul Marat’s Bathtub at Musée Grévin

Discover Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin in Paris, France: A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Pont du Gard

Discover Pont du Gard in Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France: This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Fosse Dionne

Discover Fosse Dionne in Tonnerre, France: This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

Jonas Caves

Discover Jonas Caves in Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France: A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Château d’If

Discover Château d'If in Marseille, France: This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

La Promenade Plantée

Discover La Promenade Plantée in Paris, France: The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Parc Monceau

Discover Parc Monceau in Paris, France: The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Statue of Liberty, Pont de Grenelle

Discover Statue of Liberty, Pont de Grenelle in Paris, France: This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

St Petersburg. Nevsky Prospect

“Step onto Nevsky Prospekt, and you step into a fairground!” said Nikolai Gogol. If Peter the Great intended St Petersburg to be the greatest city in Europe, then Nevsky Prospect is its shop window – the gigantic broad avenue that bise…

Lourdes’ Grotto

Discover Lourdes' Grotto in Mar del Plata, Argentina: A grotto replicating one of the world's most famed Marian apparitions sits across the ocean from the original.

Rocsen Museum

Discover Rocsen Museum in Nono, Argentina: One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.

Borges Memorial Maze

Discover Borges Memorial Maze in San Rafael, Argentina: This Argentinian hedge maze is an intricate tribute to a famous surrealist author.

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