Places joncurrier Wants to Go

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine.

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

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

Henri Matisse's final masterpiece.

Hilltop garden on the site of an old fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

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

A cast iron Fiat 500 sculpture overlooks the sea at Port Lympia.

This ornate neo-Gothic mausoleum honors the man behind the Mercedes name—and the daughter who inspired it.

Auguste Maïcon, a pioneer in French aviation, was born in this house in 1891.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.