Places Cactam Wants to Go

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

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

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

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

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

A total of 22 tiny bridges cross this canal of the Yvette River, forming a unique trail.

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

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

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

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.