Places clpartin Wants to Go

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

This 5,000-year-old tomb once had its own hinged door.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

This hidden workshop is filled with molds of France's most iconic sculptures.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

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

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

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