Places poppyhuskisson Wants to Go

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

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

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

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

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

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

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

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

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

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

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

The largest underground church in Europe.

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

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

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.