Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

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

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

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.

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.