Salon-de-Provence, France
Maison de Nostradamus
The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Salon-de-Provence, France
The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.
Castellane, France
Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France
A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
Mialet, France
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
Sauve, France
This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.
Meyrueis, France
France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France
The world's most famous cheese caves.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Todmorden, England
This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Coventry, England
This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
Stoney Stanton, England
The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
Catterick Garrison, England
This roundabout, outside an important UK garrison town, used to be the route of an important military railway and it is now commemorated with a magnificent locomotive sculpture
Whorlton, England
An abandoned Yorkshire castle that is hidden in plain sight.
Northallerton, England
The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.
Selby, England
This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.
Beverley, England
Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?
Beverley, England
Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.
Istanbul, Turkey
A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.