Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

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

Beautiful carved tunnels.

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

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

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

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.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

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