Places Franco Wants to Go

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

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

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

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

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

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