Places KatjaSm Wants to Go

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

See and taste one of the oldest and rarest collections of Armagnacs in the world.

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

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

The largest underground church in Europe.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

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

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.