Places semken Wants to Go

The narrowest street in Paris.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

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

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

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

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.