Places ThrillSeeker Wants to Go

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

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

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.