Places Atikin Wants to Go

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

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

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.