The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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

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

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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

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

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

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Got apples?

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

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

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

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