Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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

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

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

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

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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