Places davedavidedwards Wants to Go

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

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

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.