Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

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

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

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

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

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

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.