Places n77u Wants to Go

These enigmatic sculptures have decorated the exterior of the House of the Seven Deadly Sins since the Middle Ages

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This 18th-century pirates lair has been transformed into a museum and luxury event space.

This modern district offers a stark contrast to Bordeaux's terrace-lined squares and waterfront façades.

This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.

A beautiful and original museum dedicated to art of the 1930s in France and beyond.

A subterranean museum where mushrooms still grow in the tunnels of a centuries-old quarry.

Explore the art and history of intricate, hand-crafted tile designs at this small museum.

See and taste one of the oldest and rarest collections of Armagnacs in the world.

One of the last Breton ossuaries still preserving the bones of the dead.

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

The unique design of these skyscrapers in a Paris suburb led to them being nicknamed "cloud towers."

The only remaining vespasienne in Paris is a (stinky) relic of Resistance.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

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

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

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

This charming, flower-filled, paved cul-de-sac is filled with artists' studio-houses built in the 1920s.