Places piegem Wants to Go

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

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

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

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

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

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

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

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

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.