Places fkitchens Wants to Go

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

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

A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

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

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

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

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.