Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

The largest refracting telescope in Europe is housed on the grounds of a former French castle.

This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.

A French museum of wrought iron.

This anatomical sculpture raises awareness about violence against women and promotes gender equality.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

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

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.