Places NicolasJJP Wants to Go

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

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

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

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

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.