Places Charles WV Wants to Go

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

Part of this hotel resides in Switzerland, the other in France, and the border splits the honeymoon suite.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

Every year, a sparkling cave is sculpted in the icy heart of a glacier.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

The ruins of a military fortification sit atop this mountain.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

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

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

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

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

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

You can still walk across this beautiful medieval bridge in Andorra.

This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

A hidden highland of peaks and pastures, largely unchanged since medieval times.