Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

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

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

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

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

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."