Places emke66 Wants to Go

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.

A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

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.

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.