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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The fascinating story of Nocino, the witches’ liqueur.

3 days ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

The short and rich life of the abandoned Château de la Solitude of Plessis-Robinson

2 months ago Anya016

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Tévennec: France’s legendary haunted lighthouse

4 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Food

Fujisan Bread: the mysterious braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.

5 months ago Nathan

6 min read

• Food

Galette des Rois: history and traditions of French Epiphany King Cake

6 months ago Danilo G.

4 min read

• Random Christmas 2021

December 11#: Strasbourg Christmas Tree – France

7 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Fosse Dionne: France’s (unsolved) ancient underground mystery

7 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Random Christmas 2021

December 5#: Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree – Paris, France

7 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

Mon Chat Pitre: the bookshop in Provence where you can read books in the company of cats rescued from shelters

7 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Thann, Alsace and L’œil de la Sorcière (The Witch’s Eye)

11 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

La maison dans la Loire: the sunken structure that looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

1 year ago Adam

1 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The tomb of Jules Verne: “Vers l’immortalité et l’éternelle Jeunesse”

1 year ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Le Mort Homme: a memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Créac’h: the most powerful lighthouse in Europe

2 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Stiff lighthouse: the oldest lighthouse in Brittany that is still working

2 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The bizarre fame of Victor Noir, the man who boasts the “Sexiest” tomb in Père-Lachaise cemetery

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Saint-Louise – Sète’s historic Lighthouse

2 years ago Anya016

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

From baker to millionaire: the story of a man with a remarkable sense of entrepreneurship buried in Wiener Zentralfriedhof

2 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Saint Mathieu Lighthouse | France

2 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• History

“Without weapons, violence or hate”: France’s biggest-ever bank robbery

2 years ago Robin

3 min read

• History

D-Day: the day that changed Europe’s history

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Petit Minou Lighthouse – France

2 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• History

#May 6, 1994: English Channel tunnel opens

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Motors

#April 20, 1887: in Paris, world’s first motor race!

2 years ago Robin

3 min read

• History

#March 30, 1282: when Sicilian’s bells rang out for freedom

2 years ago Robin

3 min read

• History

Ramesses II: the first (and probably the last) mummy to receive a passport!

2 years ago Adam

10 min read

• Art and Photography

Paris through a Nazi’s lens: Propaganda pictures of Occupied France in 1940’s

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The splendid grave of the dancer Rudol’f Nureev covered by a rug like mosaic

2 years ago Robin

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

122 and not feeling it: the (unhealthy) Lifestyle of the longest-lived person in history!

2 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Art and Photography

A splendid collection of rare color Photos of Paris taken about 100 Years Ago

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• History

The Snow Child: a black humor medieval folktale

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

A visit at the Cimetière des Chiens, the world’s oldest Pet Cemetery

3 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• Travel

Pheasant Island: the only territory in the world that changes sovereignty every six months

3 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Goussainville-Vieux Pays: the post-apocalyptic remains of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

3 years ago Anya016

5 min read

• History

The bizarre medieval trials against animals

3 years ago Adam

5 min read

• History

Access forbidden for a century – the French “Red Zone”: a no-go area since WWI

3 years ago Adam

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Annual world meeting of Gypsies in Camargue, France.

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Travel

France: Les Grottes Pétrifiantes which turn everyday objects into stone.

3 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Art and Photography

The first photograph in Paris it is also the first photograph in which Human Beings appear

3 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

10 bizarre Easter traditions around Europe

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• History
• Motors

The “Bazooka Vespa”: the scooter that could destroy a tank.

3 years ago Adam

7 min read

• History

Guillotine: a “human form” of execution.

3 years ago Adam