Places katehawes Wants to Go

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

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

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.