Places bellesmithies Wants to Go

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.

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

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

The evocative ruins of a medieval village.

Explore an eerie, abandoned medieval citadel.

Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.

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

This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The largest underground church in Europe.

This housing estate commissioned by a local sugar magnate was an early project by influential architect Le Corbusier.

A Roman amphitheatre turned meeting spot for witches.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.