Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

A unique look into the bowels of a century-old funicular.

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

This unassuming sculpture depicts grandfather of science fiction Jules Verne and his brother as children.

A dad joke was inevitable when a member of this 19th-century chocolatier family married the president of France.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.