Places obstakel Wants to Go

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

The largest underground church in Europe.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

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."

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

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.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.