Places alessandralee Wants to Go

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

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

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

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

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

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

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

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

The largest underground church in Europe.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.