Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

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

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.

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

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

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

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

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

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

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

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

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

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.