Places Miloose Wants to Go

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

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

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

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

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

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

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

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

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

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.