Places pierro69740 Wants to Go

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

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.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.

Few symbols capture the spirit of Catalonia more vividly than its tradition of human towers.

Cervantes’ Don Quixote lives on in mosaics at this La Mancha winery.

A private collector gathered these sound machines and musical instruments across five continents.