Places josephinechr Wants to Go

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

A cozy, cave-like home hidden in the French countryside.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

A coastal French town said to have been visited by Jesus' disciples is a major pilgrimage center for Catholic Romanis.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

A treasure trove of audio technology, from wax cylinders to juke boxes and record players.

A picturesque vertical garden provides respite from the bustling streets of Bordeaux.

Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.

A historic chapel and a water fountain linked to 60 miracles.

A museum preserving the remnants of three villages submerged by Der Lake.

A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.

A subterranean museum where mushrooms still grow in the tunnels of a centuries-old quarry.

Hidden away in the heart of the village is the curated plant world of contemporary artist Max Sauze.

Two ancient yew trees with a chapel and an altar built inside their hollow trunks.

A Roman amphitheatre turned meeting spot for witches.

Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.

The Musée Albert-Kahn is a departmental museum in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, including four hectares of gardens, joining landscape scenes of various national traditions.

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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