Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

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

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

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

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."