This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

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

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

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

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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

BDSM, 1930s Style.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The narrowest street in Paris.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.