Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

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

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.