Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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

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

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

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.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

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

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.

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

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