Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

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

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

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

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

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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Beautiful carved tunnels.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.