Places KatjaSm Wants to Go

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

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

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

Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

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

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.

The southernmost toilet in the British Isles.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.