Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This massive and eclectic collection is filled with thousands of sculptures, masks, and assemblages.

An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.

Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.

Once known as one of the finest tourist railways in Europe.

A bridge that dates back to the 12th century is said to have made the devil very angry.

Auguste Maïcon, a pioneer in French aviation, was born in this house in 1891.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

A little known pile of scraps and plaques mark the grave of a downed RAF bomber.

Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

Since 1920, one small company has defined the distinctive chairs of Paris' sidewalk bistros.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.