Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.