Places niamhmurphy1993 Wants to Go

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

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

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

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

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.

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

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

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

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.