Places obstakel Wants to Go

Small French town or alien garage?

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

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

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

The site where two doves fell in love.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

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

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.