Places mpudvar Wants to Go

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

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

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

This "mathematical tower" was an observatory, early skyscraper, and place to reflect on all of nature and the cosmos.