Places ieanferdinand Wants to Go

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

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

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

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

The world's most famous cheese caves.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

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

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

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

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

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

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.