Places aemem Wants to Go

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

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

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

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

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

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

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

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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

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

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.