Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

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