Places megankass Wants to Go

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.