Places Gilles Wants to Go

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Underground hospital complex constructed by slave laborers during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.