Places cnnorfrench Wants to Go

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

This antique store and museum features unusual items from all corners of the world.

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.