Places evretrogrrl Wants to Go

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

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

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

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

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

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

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

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

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

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

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

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.