A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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

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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

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

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.