Places Chris Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.