Places Spyros K Wants to Go

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

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

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

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

A French museum of wrought iron.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

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

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.