Places rereads247 Wants to Go

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

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

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.