Places katehawes Wants to Go

Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

The largest refracting telescope in Europe is housed on the grounds of a former French castle.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

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

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

The site where two doves fell in love.

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.