Places nejuum Wants to Go

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

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

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

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

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

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

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

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

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

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

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