France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.