Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

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

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.

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

The world's most famous cheese caves.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

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

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

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