Places I want to go in Paris

by charlottelow

16 Places

Catacombes de Paris

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

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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Musée des Arts Forains

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

Le Défenseur du Temps (The Defender of Time)

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

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Rue Crémieux

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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Dans le Noir?

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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Harry's New York Bar

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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Statue of Liberty, Pont de Grenelle

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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WWII Bunker Under Gare de l'Est

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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Arènes de Lutèce

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

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The Duluc Detective Agency

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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The One-Two-Two

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

Jardin d'Acclimatation

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

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Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

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Saint-Ouen, France

La Chope des Puces: Temple of Gypsy Jazz

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Laetitia Barbier

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LaBeL RéCuP'

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

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