Places aemem Wants to Go

The evocative ruins of a medieval village.

Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

Built in 1347, this belfry is one of the oldest in the world and survived intense bombing during World War I.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

This fascinating abbey is considered the oldest monastery in the region.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A French museum of wrought iron.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.