Places Cactam Wants to Go

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.