Places claresmith Wants to Go

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

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

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country’s wood bison population.