Places ejbrown Wants to Go

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

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

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.