Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

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

A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

This fascinating abbey is considered the oldest monastery in the region.

These unique markers designate the route American forces took during the Liberation of France.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in an outsider art museum.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

A miniature Corsican village built out of pebbles.