Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...

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

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

This former limestone quarry is now a subterranean wonderland of grand stonework.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

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

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

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

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

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

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

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.