Places clpartin Wants to Go

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

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

This former limestone quarry is now a subterranean wonderland of grand stonework.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

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

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.

A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.