Places Bolderburen Wants to Go

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

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

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

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

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

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

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