Places Spyros K Wants to Go

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

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

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

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

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

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

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

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

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Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.