French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

Perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints, with a little help from Paris.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.