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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.