Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

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

The somewhat misnamed 'Garden of Shells' lovingly built from found objects.

18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

15,000 year old bison sculptures.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

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

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

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

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

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

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