Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

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

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

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

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

The largest underground church in Europe.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.