Places lagerfaut Wants to Go

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

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

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

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

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

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

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

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

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.