Places rachaelandthemullets Wants to Go

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

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

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

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

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

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

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

A village of art and exotic creations.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

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

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.

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

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.