The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

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Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.