Places KellieJK Wants to Go

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

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

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

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

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

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

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.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.