Places Lillive Wants to Go

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

After decades of damage, this feat of timekeeping and automaton art has been given a new lease on life.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

This statue stands in honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French author of 'The Little Prince' and an aviation hero.

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

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

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

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

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

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

The 21st century revival of one of the Olympic Games' oldest traditions, and its legacy.

This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.