Places amarionknh Wants to Go

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

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.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

Grottoes, sculptures, and recycled ceramics permeate what was once just a small farm in France.

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

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

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

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

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.